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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1981
Page
5
Ronald Reagan Jr postpones a Tuesday dance with the Joffrey II at Jacobs Pillow after back spasms from moving furniture. He is under medical care and may resume Thursday as festival officials and doctors monitor his recovery.
Entertainer Jerry Lee Lewis, 45, has been removed from the critical list at Methodist Hospital in Memphis where he remains in intensive care after major gastric surgery for a perforated stomach. Physicians expect several more days in ICU.
The Solar Challenger built and piloted by Americans crossed the English Channel from France to England, a 185 mile route in about five and a half hours. Stephen Ptacek, 28, of Golden Colorado, piloted the craft designed by Dr. Paul McCready. The flight achieved an average speed of 37 mph at 11 000 feet, using 16 000 solar cells on movable panels.
Lee Hanks confessed to police he started a blaze at the family home after his wife locked him out. He said a cigarette lighter set a couch on the porch alight and the fire spread, killing his wife Patricia and six relatives. He pleaded innocent and awaits July 21 court, with a mental exam ordered.
Charles Sears a 32 year old Bowery resident and Vietnam veteran charged with murder in the slashing death of Michael Fiorentino and linked to 15 vagrant attacks. He is ordered to undergo psychiatric exams to determine competence while held without bail at Rikers Island.
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