09 Mar 1981
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1981
Page
1
A Lisbon couple seeks help solving the mystery of a treasure found in their attic. The initial article fragment hints at local curiosity and the start of a puzzling story. Authorities or locals may offer guidance as details emerge.
A fitness center displays a humorous sign reading Rear today, gone tomorrow. The caption nods to playful gym culture and copyright note accompanies the quip.
In Damascus the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720, held since March 2 in Kabul, landed with three gunmen and 104 hostages after running low on fuel. Pakistan pledged to back Syria in using drastic action if needed to secure release, while negotiations continued in the control tower.
Steven Judy, 24, walked to the chair after admitting guilt in the 1979 murder of a mother and her three children. He spoke of sorrow, faced the two-stage electric shock, and died at 12:12 a.m. CST. The governor had refused a last-minute stay. Judy’s death marked Indiana’s first electric chair execution in two decades.
Claims of contact with a church minister near the 20th victim’s site fuel ongoing theories. Letters with police jargon circulated through The Atlanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal, with one signed ghost killer and threats of another child’s death at a fundraiser.
Detroit twins Vincent Ware II and Vincent Ware III died from a rare simultaneous SIDS event after being found in their crib. The Wayne County Medical Examiner Dr. John Smialek noted the rarity, citing only a few similar twin crib deaths in the country and that autopsy results would follow.
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