Christmas Gifts Wiggle for Many as Pets Find Homes
At the Humane Shelter on Mt. Vernon road many families shopped for living gifts during Christmas. Scenes show Holly LeMaster six with a pup for her brother Dennis twelve, Cindy Ottesen sixteen with a Cock-a-Poo, and Mrs Donald Kauffman cuddling a kitten for her ten year old son Jay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Shelter
Mt. Vernon Road
Holly LeMaster
Oakland Road
Holly
Dennis
Cindy Ottesen
Vinton
Donald Kauffman
Forty-seventh Street
Jay
East Cedar Rapids recalls 1976 events from quake to Carter call
Gazette notes 1976 memories including Guatemala quake impacts on Cedar Rapids residents the Carter presidency and related stories. Highlights include Martin Davenport's Paris embassy posting with Denise Verniers, Gerald Ford's call to Michelle Moorman in Iowa City, and local ties to Plains Americus and Mississippian river boating attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Bill Lavelette
East Lowans
Guatemala
Cedar Rapids
Fred Fisher
Liberty Drive
Fishers
Guatemala City
Mexico
London
Martin Davenport
Saigon
Davenport
James Davenport
Wilson Avenue
Paris
Eldridge Cleaver
Cleaver
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Michelle Moorman
Grant Wooddrive
University of Iowa
Michelle
Iowa City
Miss Moorman
Ford
Carter
Argo
Georgia
Plains
Americus
McDonalds
Americas
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Rollie Lefebvre
Evergreen Street
McGregor
Lefebvre
Bob Conner
Thirteenth Street
Burt Moen
Oakland Road
Tom Pfiffner
Alleghany Drive
Eccentric Bokassa Rules Central African Empire
Jean-Bedel Bokassa, once a French sergeant, proclaims himself emperor of Central Africa Empire and drafts strict protocol while his regime faces a failed coup and his illness. The landlocked nation with diamonds and timber potential remains sparsely developed and riverbound in Bangui.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Uganda
Africa
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Bokassa I
Bangui
Beringo
Bokassa
Central African Republic
Central African Empire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Merryman
Washington
White House
Joyce Capron
Second District
Mike Blouin
Blouin
Capitol Hill
Blue Argo
Plains, Ga
Carters
Germany
Ralph Schreiber
Schreiber
Avenue NE
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Jesse Owens
South America
U.S
Dog
Buck Creek
Gene Moulton
Delhi
Moulton
Verle
Sonny) Ford
Newest Empire
Amin
Oubangui
North America
Parliament
Polley’s Shop For Men
Lindale Plaza
Lindale
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