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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1981
Page
2
Lauren Bacall made curtain calls in a light blue terry cloth bathrobe during the Broadway opening of Woman of the Year. Leading man Harry Guardino dumped water over her head as part of the show, with Bacall promising to repeat the bathrobe bit nightly.
DeWitt Wallace founder of Reader's Digest died at his Westchester mansion High Winds in Mount Kisco at 10 p.m. He was 91 and had just recovered from abdominal surgery in New York City. His wife Lila was with him. memorial services will be private.
Israeli soldiers raided a Palestinian guerrilla camp north of Tyre in Lebanon. The command said several guerrillas were killed and the raiding party returned to base. Lebanese authorities counted three guerrillas and three civilians killed and seven wounded. The PLO claimed the raid was repelled and civilians were harmed by shelling.
Examiners autopsy the partially decomposed body of a 15 year old black boy found in the Chattahoochee River. He is the 21st young victim in a series of slayings and disappearances targeting black children in the Atlanta area, with a task force investigating.
Kennedy Space Center officials announced an April 10 blastoff for the shuttle Columbia and plan to start the countdown Sunday after a managers meeting endorsed the date. NASA officials were to meet for formal approval following a readiness review as pad workers load hydrazine and prepare the reusable craft.
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