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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1966
Page
2
Hawkeye Area Council hosts Scout-O-Rama at Hawkeye Downs with about 10 000 spectators over two shows. The event features 80 exhibits and demonstrations by Kenton Fedde and Troop 39’s Mark LeVan among 2 100 Scouts from 72 Cub, Boy and Explorer units.
Linda Griggs asks Dr Michael DeBakey if a plastic heart can love and he replies yes the plastic heart carries the love of many people who toil to save lives and keep others from dying He notes the deep care behind every heart crafted to help patients live longer
Ripple frog, owned by Leonard Hall and Bill Proctor of Lafayette, set a 19 feet 3% inch world mark at the Calaveras County jumping frog jubilee, beating Rusty’s two year old record as 65,000 people attend a three day fair honoring Mark Twain.
A public bystander struck Michael McStay with a walking stick during a no hiding place chase near Trafalgar Square. McStay, 30, portraying a detective sergeant, was hospitalized after the blow. The TV firm said the incident was filmed but will not be used.
Newark police report a three man scheme to lure a man into a card game and steal his money via a letter game. The envelope carried $1,800 plus $224 in cash, but the con fell apart when the swap bungled.
In Elkhart Indiana three teenagers entered a gas filled sewer to retrieve dropped change. Neil Crofoot and Carol Foster collapsed 300 and 200 feet inside while Randy Witman escaped and aided救救. Firemen wearing gas masks pulled the youths to safety and revived them with oxygen at a hospital.
Travelers returning from North Kivu say the Congo quake toll may exceed 90 with at least 23 seriously injured and over 900 homes destroyed. The Wednesday quake near lakes Albert and Edward, close to the Uganda border, drew reports only Sunday.
A Cuban border exchange with the U S during a perimeter standoff left one identified casualty, Luis Ramirez Lopez, and sparked initial reports of gunfire from the base into Cuban territory. Officials later described radio firing with no further injuries.
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