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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1980
Page
3
In Boise Idaho authorities report a riot by 311 inmates at Idaho State Prison sparked a tent city setup after a Wednesday rampage. Guards with National Guard support fired warning shots as inmates clashed burning cots and disarming themselves.
New York authorities say Helen Haynes Mintiks 30 known as Miss Haynes died from a fall after being thrown from the Metropolitan Opera House roof onto a third floor ledge. Autopsy by Chief Medical Examiner Elliot Gross found skull and rib injuries from the six story drop. Police questioned Berlin Ballet members as they probe the slaying believed linked to the Lincoln Center venue.
The State Department said the United States will provide 19.5 million dollars to feed about one million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, adding to roughly 25 million dollars already committed. The move signals strong humanitarian resolve amid ongoing displacement.
United States led an eleventh hour effort at the International Whaling Commission to protect killer and sperm whales. The drive sought strict cuts in sperm whale quotas and a ban on killing killer whales in Antarctica as the week long meeting neared its end.
Youssef and Ahmed Mifleh, two Jordanian men who hijacked a Kuwaiti Airlines Boeing 737, surrendered in Kuwait after a 27 hour flight that stretched from Beirut through the Middle East. They released the remaining 33 hostages unharmed. earlier 14 had been freed.
William Murray of Houston announces a national foundation in his name to oppose atheist causes and promote faith. He says the group will back a Congress proposal for voluntary school prayers and oppose Mrs. O'Hair's suit to remove In God We Trust from coins. Murray apologizes to Austin residents for his involvement with the atheist movement.
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