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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1979
Page
8
Washington based AP report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress finds 17 year olds score 57 percent on a consumer knowledge test. It notes strengths in banking basics and advertising understanding but reveals gaps in inflation math and cost comparisons.
An 11 year old girl shot and critically wounded an 8 year old boy, Arthur Jackson, with a rifle as he walked to a front door. He was rushed to St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood with a severe back wound and multiple broken bones. Deputies found the girl at her grandparents home after a five hour search and booked her on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder.
London reports Linda Siegel scandalously exposed during a Wimbledon match against Billy Jean King. A condolence letter from Dolly Parton arrives, advising humor as coping. In Los Angeles, Sasha Stallone files for divorce as she will produce Rocky III about their marriage.
St Louis headlines include Billy Carter on Donahue saying he disliked Budweiser despite his beer history. In Rome a Wojtyla Disco Dance hits Italy selling thousands of copies and prompting private audience talks. Hollywood notes Joyce DeWitt and Phyllis Diller debut new short hair on Love Boat with Diller as an IRS agent and Gavin McLeod styling understated.
Patrick O Keefe, 18, who suffered severe burns and lost both hands after an on site fall from a transformer, enjoys a private hospital concert by Charlie Daniels. Nurses arranged the visit after Daniels expressed interest in Pat and later invited him on stage for a Nashville show. The patient remains in intensive care with a long recovery ahead.
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