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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
5
Two 10 year old boys reported an unidentified flying object in a yard six feet high with three rings resting on springs. Police found the object was an artificial fountain built by a neighbor for a high school prom.
IKCRG TV Channel 9 airs a report examining teen marriage challenges and social implications. The program investigates legal constraints, family impact, and community responses regarding teen unions.
A Charleston bank bandit leaves with about $1,500 in cash and unknowingly carries a tear gas bomb camouflaged as a stack of bills. Police find the getaway car, tear gas detected nearby, and the FBI issues a federal warrant for Harold Avinger of Columbia, a former Charleston-area resident who rented the car. The device was a protected alarm bomb manufactured by a private firm and set to explode within five minutes.
Alan Kellar announced two Coe College music events. Soprano Merrie Edmund and Alto Nancy Marsh join the Coe Choir for a May 29 recital in the Coe auditorium, performing Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art with 45-voice choir. Bass Albert Gammon and Christine Paterson solo, with Labunski lecture and recital following May 30 at Daehler Kitchin auditorium. Both events are free to the public.
Roger Lagon was arrested and charged with disabling more than 200 public telephones in CAMERAI by re screwing mouthpieces and tossing sets into a canal. Police say he carried out the acts on a methodical twice daily route. He claimed amusement when caught in the act.
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