Greta Alexander psychic in Cedar Rapids visit and visions
Gazette staff recounts Greta Alexander a Delavan Illinois psychic who visited Cedar Rapids for three days of readings and a public workshop She describes visions from dreams including locating a missing boy and predicting her husband’s illness She partners with Dr Leon Curry on handprint studies and hopes to build a kidney research clinic in Peoria Illinois
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Greta Alexander
Greta
Cedar Rapids
Delavan
Debbie Reynolds
Joan Hackett
Jane Powell
St. Louis
Yesteryear
Leon Curry
Metter
Curry
Dr. Curry
United Methodist Church
Peoria
Ill
Gazette
New Complex Draws Business in Detroit
The Renaissance Center in Detroit boosts convention business as the Detroit Plaza hotel nears completion. The Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau reports 1976 convention bookings through 1984 totaling $104 million, up 28 percent from 1975.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit River
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Detroit Plaza
Motor City
Boaz Carstairs Dies Waiting for Train in Cedar Rapids
Obituary states Boaz Carstairs died in 1953 at age 63, with age equal to one thirtieth of birth year. Calculation shows birth year 1890 and death year 1953, surviving two invasions and 176 days in service during World War II.
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Boaz Carstairs
Cass Township
Fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Boaz
Czech Ethnic Fair Demonstration Noodles at Riverside
Rose Polehna will demo noodle making at the Czech Ethnic Fair April 16 17 at the Riverside Roundhouse. She shares a recipe using flour eggs shortening oil and steps to rest roll and cut noodles for soup or casseroles.
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Riverside Roundhouse
Rose Polehna
Curious Neighbors In A Cash-Born Calm
Dear Abby readers share varied situations from a cash rich, TV averse couple to a son’s second church wedding. One query asks if second wedding gifts should be restricted. Abby advises letting attendees decide. A final note highlights a reader’s tip about appreciating a steady spouse and a sales pitch for a teen booklet.
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Abby
Fire safety tips for clothing and home use
The text urges preventing fabric fires through flame retardant fabrics and careful care. It advises choosing tightly woven durable clothes, close fits, and avoiding loose sleeves, plus following care labels. It highlights fire drills, home escape plans, and sending for free copies of Flammable Fabrics and the Consumer Information Center catalog.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer Information Center
Dept
Pueblo
Colo
Consumer Information
General Services Administration
Bicycle boom in America drives huge bike ownership surge
Skokie Illinois report notes Rand McNally guide cites nearly 100 million bikes on U. S. roads. The Wisconsin bikeway became the first state cross road route, now thousands of miles of bike paths exist nationwide for riders to tour open country.
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Skokie
Ill
UPI
America
Rand McNally
Wisconsin
United States
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