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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1988
Page
4
In a Tuesday session in Sao Paulo, councilman Antonio Carlos Fernandes lobbed a cream pie in honor of Mayor Janio Quadros, prompting opponent Geraldo Blota to punch him. Guards dispersed the fight as pie remnants splattered a reporter.
Vernon Tejas completed a 21 day solo winter ascent of Mount McKinley, planting a Japanese flag for Naomi Uemura, then signaling a cautious return. He endured subzero lows, whiteouts, and crevasse danger, using a 16 foot ladder and snow caves to reach the summit alone.
In New Britain Connecticut a Burritt InterFinancial Bank Corp robber escaped with nearly $3000 after threatening teller Cynthia Langham with a gun. Detective Kilduff says Langham walked with a man resembling the suspect and Thomas M Jenkins of East Hartford was arrested with Langham later charged with conspiracy and larceny.
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