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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1978

Page

22

Nancy Drew Arrives at Newton Public Library

In Newton Massachusetts a donor provided 12 copies of the Nancy Drew mystery series to the public library. Librarian Virginia Tashjian had sparked controversy in September by calling the books soap opera narratives not worthy of town funds and said they would not be stocked.

Newton, Mass Nancy Drew Newton Public Library Virginia Tashjian U.S A Puerto Rico American Can Company P.O Clinton

Soviet Chess Dominance Seen Slipping Says Botvinnik

In Moscow, former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik and young prodigy Garry Kasparov loom in a cautious view of Soviet chess hegemony. Botvinnik notes shrinking mass participation and fewer leading theorists while praising Britain as a rising force after a world junior event where Britain won. He cites Kasparov as a potential top player to carry on a long Soviet tradition dating back to 1927.

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