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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1983
Page
7
New York Mayor Edward Koch hosted Saturday Night Live with an off key rendition of New York New York and get a glob of sticky goop on his head He joked How’m I doing before an opening monologue criticizing President Reagan and his hair and attention. He planned to greet Reagan at the airport in New York.
Baton Rouge oilman C. B. Pennington, dubbed Doc, donates $125 million to Louisiana State University over 20 years for a nutrition and preventive medicine research center. He built vast wealth in oil with an estimated $4 billion in reserves and a $100 million boat fleet, saying success comes from knowing the right people.
James A. J. Van Der Zee, famed for portraits of Marcus Garvey and Muhammad Ali, died at 96 hours after receiving an honorary degree from Howard University. He suffered cardiac arrest at Howard University Hospital. In 1978 President Carter awarded him the Living Legacy Award.
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