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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1979
Page
2
Eleven year old James Pickering of Kenwood school joined Cedar Rapids elementary students in an art techniques demonstration at Lindale Mall. The event celebrated National Youth Art Month and The International Year of the Child with a weekend display of youth creativity.
Moscow backed South Yemen charges US forces are active in the Arabian Peninsula as Carter orders nearly 400 million dollars in military hardware to North Yemen and Dispatches a naval task force led by the carrier Constellation. South Yemeni forces press assault while Cuban advisers aid North Yemen.
Officials report arson at the rear door of an apartment on 193 Jacelyn Drive NW. A brush fire damaged the carpet by the door after weeds and brush were placed there and set alight. Two children were seen nearby shortly before the fire was discovered at 10:19.
A car moved into a crowd blocking the Paso del Norte bridge killing a 10 year old girl Laura Patricia Fabela Chavez of Juarez and injuring a 9 year old Martin Acosta Chavez as protesters torn down flags and called for cross border work permits. Carmen Candelaria de Rios was jailed in Mexico for negligent homicide as crowds disrupted the border protest at the Bridge of the Americas.
CBS News survey of Midwest Republican Leadership Conference delegates shows John B. Connally as the favorite for the 1980 GOP nomination with 29.1 percent support. Ronald Reagan was the second choice at 21.3 percent, though he could not attend the two day meeting in Indianapolis.
A CBS poll of 254 of 600 Midwestern delegates shows John Connally as the favorite candidate for 1980, with Reagan second and Ford excluded. Connally leads in both delegate and issues alignments, while other candidates like Bush Baker Dole and Kemp trail. Reagan’s Indiana primary history noted.
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