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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1979
Page
10
Muhammad Ali spent hours with Billy Graham at the evangelist’s mountain home in Montreal. The boxer said he admires Graham and that the visit was a time of looking and searching to learn more about others, with plans to speak in Louisville at a Christian and Jewish conference.
Elizabeth Taylor, dubbed Queen of the Nile, makes her first Egypt trip to open the Cairo Film Festival. She meets Mrs Anwar Sadat at the Nile-side residence in Giza, where Egypt’s first lady and daughters confess they had just seen Cleopatra. Taylor notes it is great fun to be in Cairo as Cleopatra will be shown publicly for the first time.
President Carter is in excellent health after a comprehensive exam by Navy Rear Adm. William Lukash. He overexerted in a 6.2 mile run at Catoctin Mountain Park and was treated for heat exhaustion, then returned to work at Camp David and said he plans to continue running.
Monday listings include theater times for White Shadow M A S H and stage showings at Plaza Eastown Collins Twin West East and more. TV highlights feature football Giants versus Redskins NBC movie Coming Home and other film and series broadcasts across multiple stations and blocks.
A North Carolina independent truckers association called a strike at midnight as other independents resisted and rigs kept rolling. Dave Edwards of Independent Owner-Operators of America says about 60 percent may have parked. By Wednesday or Thursday a clearer participation count is expected.
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