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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1979
Page
5
Los Angeles city council members abandoned decorum to crown Dolly Parton “a native symbol of America.” Parton attended to accept the honor as cameras crowded the council chamber. President John Ferraro urged order while Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson arranged the moment.
Media Pennsylvania AP reports Reverend Bernard T Pagano once dubbed the Gentle man Bandit will be free of the last robbery charge after Delaware County DA Frank Hazel says the charge will be dropped due to weak conviction prospects. Investigators say Pagano could not have been at the dress shop crime scene despite two witnesses identifying him. Earlier charges linking Pagano to a string of robberies were dropped when another man confessed last month.
Bishop Fulton J Sheen, 84, celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination at his East Side apartment chapel two years after heart surgery. He was ordained September 20, 1919, in Peoria Illinois and said he looks forward to meeting Pope John Paul II during the pope's June visit to the United States.
Howard K. Smith to anchor a three part series on the history and workings of the American presidency for WHYY-TV. The program titled Every Four Years will air on PBS in January and February 1980, funded by Sun Co Inc and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
David Dacko, 49, a cousin of the deposed ruler, seized control in Bangui and declared the Central Africa Empire a republic naming himself president of a national salvation government. France sent troops to Bangui to secure the population as Bokassa fled to Libya.
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