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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1988
Page
15
Doyenne of modern dance Martha Graham, 93, entered a hospital for tests after dizziness. Ron Protas of the Martha Graham Dance Company cited the move with no further details. Graham, a major 20th century innovator, returned to New York last month from a Scandinavia tour.
Edsel Ford II and William Clay Ford Jr. were named to Ford Motor Co. board of directors. Edsel, 39, is the son of the late Henry Ford II, while William, 30, is the son of the board vice chairman and owner of the Detroit Lions.
Todd Bridges, 22, known for different strokes, was arrested in Northridge California after police say he ran a red light at 80 mph in a BMW and was booked for investigation of reckless driving. He was stopped Sunday night by Los Angeles authorities.
Buckingham Palace announced Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, will join Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theater Company as a production assistant in February. At 23 he becomes the first royal to pursue theater as a career within Lloyd Webber's group, known for Cats and Phantom of the Opera.
More than 40 show business personalities head to Harrah's Tahoe for the 10th annual John Denver ski tourney benefiting The Hunger Project. Similar crowds are expected at Mont Sainte Anne for the 1988 Quebec Winter Carnival to raise funds for the Make a Wish Foundation.
The notice announces Dr. Donald F. Bomkamp will retire from private family medicine on February 1, 1988 and transfer his patient load to Dr. Carl Schultz at the current 811 5th Ave. SE location. Bomkamp thanks patients for trust and support as Schultz assumes the practice.
The Port Arthur community dedicates a Janis Joplin Memorial on her 45th birthday. A bronze sculpture by Douglas Clark will be unveiled during a concert with attendance by Mike Joplin and Laura Joplin Pelley. The project, led by John Palmer, frames the singer’s legacy and a anti drug message.
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