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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1985

Page

14

Mussolini's Granddaughter Elected To Forli City Council

Silvia Negri, 22, Mussolini’s granddaughter, won a seat on Forli City Council on a ticket from the Italian Social Movement neo fascist party officials said. Leslie Van Houten parole bid denied by California board for the 1969 LaBianca murders. Carol Burnett at 51 pursues writing and memoir after divorce surgery and Hall of Fame induction.

Grandad Italy Benito Mussolini Forli Italian Social Movement Silvia Negri Mussolini Anna Maria Negri Leslie van Houten California van Houten Lena LaBianca Rosemary Carol Burnett Burnett Television Hall of Fame Academy of Arts and Sciences Hollywood Room McCall's Magazine Associated Press

Margaret Hamilton, Wicked Witch of Oz, Dies at 82

Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, died Thursday at 82 from an apparent heart attack at Noble Horizons nursing home in Salisbury Connecticut. She left a career spanning more than 75 films and 50 years on stage, remembered for her iconic screen role and later as a charitable character actress.

Salisbury, Conn Margaret Hamilton Wicked Witch of the West Dorothy Noble Horizons Salisbury Joann Lanning Cora Maxwell Ray Bolger Scarecrow Judy Garland Jack Haley the Tin Man Bert Lahr The Billie Burke Glinda Good Witch Hamilton Cleveland

Reagan Praises Duarte Work in El Salvador

President Reagan announced that leftist forces in El Salvador are losing ground but still import revolution from Nicaragua. He praised Duarte’s progress in democracy and military gains, urging U.S. courage to back friends in Central America during Duarte’s nine day U.S. visit and peace talks effort.

Washington Reagan el Salvador Nicaragua United States Central America Oval Office Jose Napoleon Duarte White House Duarte Congress George Shultz U.S Duarate

Hit record World begins paying off

The charity single We Are the World earned a first royalty payment of 6.5 million dollars. USA for Africa president Ken Kragen accepted the check at a CBS conference room in Manhattan as Al Teller of Columbia Records noted more payments would follow. The fundraising has raised about 1.3 million over four months and expanded into merchandising like T shirts and posters.

New York We Are the World America USA For Africa Ken Kragen Columbia Records al Teller CBS Manhattan USA For Africa

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