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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1979

Page

7

Beth McCarty's Quest to Honor Husband in Nicaragua

Beth McCarty recounts months of waiting and betrayal after her husband John McCarty was killed by Nicaraguan guardsmen near Managua. She fled to the United States, returned to Nicaragua to finish teaching, and now seeks justice as fighting worsens, while criticizing U S involvement and Somoza’s lingering influence.

Beth McCarty Anastasio Somoza Beth United States Nicaragua Cedar Rapids John McCarty Marjorie McCarty 33Rd St Managua Gainesville Fla John Somoza U.S Bill Stewart ABC Newsman Stewart

Smiths Award $250000 in Stock to Coe and Cornell

Coe and Cornell colleges receive $250000 worth of preferred stock in CREST Ltd., parent of CRST Inc., a Cedar Rapids trucking firm. Premier gift presented on Cornell campus by Herald and John Smith of Cedar Rapids to presidents Philip Secor and Leo Nussbaum.

Coe Cornell Crest Ltd Crst Inc Cedar Rapids Philip B. Secor Leo L. Nussbaum Mount Vernon Herald John Smith Herald Smith John Cornell College Smiths Nussbaum Sharon Susan Jim Coe College St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Valley Brook Drive

19 Dead After Boat Capsize on Kapua River

Divers recovered the bodies of 19 people who drowned when their canoes capsized while avoiding a hippopotamus herd on the Kapua River, about 30 miles southwest of Lusaka, according to police reports.

Lusaka Zambia Kapua

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