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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1983
Page
5
Eleven year old Samantha Smith of Manchester Maine met Kirov star Alla Sizova after The Fountain of Bakchisaraisky at the Kirov Theater. She praised the ballet and wore the autographed shoes back to her seat.
Vice President George Bush faced boos and jeers at the NAACP gathering in New Orleans as he defended Reagan era civil rights efforts. He urged breaking a perceived wall of misunderstanding and cited progress on voting rights and enforcement, receiving a polite standing ovation from executive director Benjamin Hooks.
In Detroit Sen. Ernest Hollings challenged fellow Democrats at the DNC meeting, calling for a professional standard as he touted his own credentials. Rev. Jesse Jackson pressed for removing voter barriers, criticizing dual registration and runoff primaries that he says suppress black participation, and urged a party commission to expand black registration and candidacies.
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