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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1979
Page
9
International cosmetics mogul Ilana Harkavi searches for a model named Theresa to headline Avigal Henna campaign. She has one photo and a first name as leads. the girl may be in Texas with only a week to secure the contract before others step in.
Zoologist James Giesel says eliminating cancer, heart and kidney disease would add only five years to lifespan as other illnesses would become killers. He notes aging involves heredity and environment, denies a universal age onset, and cautions DNA repair enzymes remain uncontrollable. He cites exercise and diet as improving quality of life but not dramatically extending longevity.
A London man advertises a house frankly calling it a “two and a half bedroom box” in suburbia with decay and harsh flaws. A Florida woman seeks an easy, high paying advisory role with three days weekly, long lunch breaks, benefits, and a month’s vacation, adding does not do windows.
Erma Bombeck imagines a wife and husband exchange about honesty in ads. She jokes a used car lot would push a four door gas hog as a bargain while admitting flaws and owners, noting they themselves bought such a car. The humorous scenario ends with her husband’s wince and the punchline.
Kris Banerjee a 23 year old college student from Guyana said his York University dormitory room was ransacked while he was in the shower. He reported loss of his clothes and more than 18000 dollars in jewelry and cash including 14000 dollars in jewelry brought from Guyana by his father an official at Cambridge University in England for safekeeping.
United States Agriculture Department officials told the House Budget Committee that middlemen, processing, transport and retailing costs push grocery prices higher. They cited a forecast that 1979 food prices may exceed 10 percent, with marketing spreads and energy costs influencing the final outcome.
The Theo d ore Bundy trial for the Chi Omega murders at Florida State University was halted for an all day recess after juror Mazie Edge fell ill with a cold. Testimony had just begun detailing the Jan 15 1978 killings and beatings at the Tallahassee sorority house.
Police hunt two gunmen after they entered Robert Opel's Howard Street gallery home and killed the 39 year old owner. Opel who once streaked at the Academy Awards allegedly challenged the attackers as they demanded money and drugs. His two friends were tied up in another room and heard a shot.
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