Telethon Reward: Cedar Rapids stations aid charities
The local Muscular Dystrophy and United Cerebral Palsy telethons involve WMT TV and KCRG TV with volunteers totaling about a thousand across 37 pledge centers. The 1978 totals show $162,027 raised for MDA and UCP funds distributed to patient services and research.
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Cedar Rapids
Wmt-Tv
Kcrg-Tv
United
United Cerebal Palsy
Edna Herbst
KCRG
MDA
UCP
Miss Herbst
Gene Chism
UCP Center
Barry Norris
WMT
Norris
Roland Lefebvre
Eastern
Iowa
Lefebvre
Lefebure
Broadcast Park
New York City
U.S
Chism Sai
United Cerebral Palsy
Fcrg-Tv
Latvia Joins USSR as Fourteenth Soviet Republic
Latvia was admitted to the Soviet Union as its fourteenth republic on August 3, 1940, marking a formal incorporation during early World War II era. The decision placed Latvia under Soviet governance, altering its political status and regional alignment within the USSR. The event is noted in historical records as part of the 1940 Soviet expansion in the Baltic region.
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Latvia
U.S.S.R
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