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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1979

Page

13

Curse of the Red Jaguar returns on UNI radio

Cedar Falls hosts a new original mystery for KUNI 90.9 FM six weeks from June 6. Kay Ford, a blonde Iowa divorcee, tours the Yucatan with funds from her father’s will as Mayan figures and a cadre of UNI performers drive the drama.

Cedar Falls Jack Armstrong University of Northern Iowa Public Broadcasting KUNI Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Sears Adventure Theater Jo Ann Bender Yucatan Kay Ford Bender Kay Jennifer Alt Alt Lew Balam Chichen Itza Pyramids Jay Edelnant Edelnant Philippe Yulum Rod Geist Tevye Harold Hill Waterloo Community Playhouse Cheryl M. Kimberley UNI Barbara Geist Rick Lawn Doug Toft Toft UNI Communications Media Lawn Dale Henle Merida Jack Doc Reggie Ali Yesteryear Cheryl M. Kimberly

Film on Nazi camp survivors who aided Nazis sparked by novel

An Israeli-Canadian film team develops a $3 million project about Jews who survived Hitler’s camps by cooperating with the Nazis. Director Yaky Yosha says the story departs from traditional Holocaust narratives. Canadian producer Annette Cohen collaborates on the adaptation of Yoram Kaniuk’s Adam Resurrected.

Toronto Yaky Yosha Yoram Kaniuk Annette Cohen

Gnys Wins Grinnell Relays Beer Chug Contest Again

Grinnell College junior Eddie Gnys of Lincoln Nebraska won the beer chugging contest at the 7th annual Grinnell Relays by downing two beers in five seconds. After the win he joked it was only the start and continued drinking as other competitors spoke of the tactic to spill most of it down the front.

Grinnell UPI Grinnell College Eddie Gnys Gnys Lincoln R.L

Women on Stage Arrive in England Under Charles II

A 1662 royal license allowed women to act on English stages ending boys playing female roles. Margaret Hughes is noted as the first actress to perform publicly in Desdemona in Othello at Clare Market London on December 8, 1960. In 1969 General Motors halted rear engine Chevrolet Corvair production amid critics of its stability.

Margaret Hughes Desdemona Clare Market London General Motors

Military analyst Robert Heinl dies at 62 in Caribbean vacation

Detroit News veteran military analyst Robert Heinl died Saturday during a Caribbean vacation. He served the paper from 1968 to 1978 and was a syndicated columnist. Born 192? he was 62 at death.

Detroit Robert Heinl The Detroit News Caribbean

West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic ties

On this date in 1965 West Germany and Israel formalized diplomatic relations. The move marked a milestone in postwar reconciliation and opened channels for exchanges between the two nations.

West Germany Israel

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