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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1988
Page
10
Kathleen Townsend recalls her father Robert Kennedy guiding the Kennedy children with Bible readings and lively meals. As the 20th anniversary of his 1968 assassination approaches, she notes how dinnertime turned the family’s school lessons into affection and humor.
Actress Meredith Baxter Birney 40, mother of five, will reprise her role on Family Ties despite saying she tires of being seen as the perfect mom. The seventh season confirms her continued presence on the popular program.
Joy Dirksen Baker wife of White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker was listed in good condition Monday at Baptist Hospital Knoxville Tennessee after admission for acute bronchitis and bronchial spasms.
The schedule lists The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour featuring Jim Stafford Leila Josefowicz Toni Basil and Denis LaCombe at 7 p.m. Also Geraldo Rivera’s Murder From Death Row 7 p.m. and Hooperman 8 p.m. along with A Year in the Life Iowa Child Care Street Smart Just in Time American Playhouse and more with series notes and cast details.
A Birmingham family shares how their son Mike Ratliff Jr. became an organ donor after a fatal car accident. Doctors report successful kidney transplants, bone storage for spinal deformities, and corneas used to restore sight, giving life to several recipients and solace to the family.
Asimov puzzle lists questions about famous towers energy sources in Ireland and Ali Bhutto’s country ruling in 1979. It asks which country has the most pigs after a note about answers printed upside down elsewhere on the page.
South chooses between a spade slam and a safe game. The article outlines the handling of trumps, ruffs, and finesses in a spade slam versus a game, noting risks when defensive trumps split poorly. It advises how to reach 10 tricks with careful play and when to forgo overtricks for reliability.
The fragment notes vulnerability and dealer sequence with South as dealer. South opens one club, West passes, North bids three clubs, leading to a four clubs contract. No outcome or full context provided.
Betty Rosian of Johnstown Pennsylvania lists dream themes with meanings such as zoo feeling trapped barroom unhappiness lamp understanding emotions and island separation for possible publication in The Gazette World Features brief notice seeks dream items for payment.
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