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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1979
Page
13
New York critics deride The Stud a London discotheque drama starring Oliver Tobias and Joan Collins. The piece labels the performances and direction amateurish and laments its blunt obscenity and ineffective sexual scenes.
The Machinists Union charges Secret Service agents protecting President Carter on the August Delta Queen trip from St Paul to St Louis with keeping protesters out of sight and harassing reporters in Davenport and Burlington. Union president William Winpisinger calls the conduct political and seeks a policy statement and disciplinary action. The agency says it will conduct an internal investigation and denies political motives.
The Lettermen led by Tony Butala perform a 24 percent hour two act concert at the Paramount Theatre Cedar Rapids backed by Signs and Jack Gillespie's Tower of Power. They engage the audience with interactive moments and disco tinged numbers while featuring hits from the 1960s and newer selections.
A comprehensive display of John Singer Sargent paintings will open Wednesday at the Detroit Institute of Arts and run through December 9. Attending the opening is Richard Ormond, deputy director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, whose grandmother Violet Sargent, sister of the artist, is depicted in two works.
A body wrapped in cloth and tied to a concrete block was recovered from Moffitt Reservoir between Polk and Dallas counties near Des Moines. A fisherman spotted it Friday evening. The victim, possibly a white male adult, was in water days to weeks. Autopsy planned. Dallas County and Iowa BCI investigate.
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