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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 2004
Page
6
In Kumbakonam a deadly fire at a private school killed 90 students and injured many others. Police arrested five school officials on negligence charges as families mourned and cremations continued amid widespread concern over private schooling and government funding.
David Havenner 41 faces battery and animal possession charges after authorities say he assaulted his girlfriend in a Port Orange mobile home. The 3-foot alligator kept in his bathtub was used as a weapon and later turned over to wildlife officials.
William Bennett promotes Internet based schooling for home schooled students from Santa Rosa. California Virtual Academy of Sonoma receives curriculum from Bennett’s for profit company and will launch online instruction this fall. Bubba Clem runs for Pinellas County sheriff on the Democratic ticket after firing from Clear Channel. Laura Schlessinger withdraws lease plans for a Stearns Wharf office in Santa Barbara citing unspecified reasons.
The list marks birthdays for Nelson Mandela at 86, John Glenn at 83, Dick Button at 75, Hunter S. Thompson at 67, Paul Verhoeven, Dion DiMucci at 65, James Brolin at 64, Lonnie Mack at 63, Kurt Mann at 57, Ricky Skaggs at 50, Nigel Twist at 46, Elizabeth McGovern at 43, Jack Irons at 42, Vin Diesel at 37, Tony Fagenson at 26, and Jason Weaver at 25. It spans politics, sports, music, acting, and directing.
On this day events include the 1932 US Canada St Lawrence Seaway treaty signed. The 1936 start of the Spanish Civil War is noted. In 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt secured a third term. 1944 Tojo was removed as Japanese premier. 1969 Edward Kennedy's car accident occurred at Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard.
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