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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1979

Page

19

Four Rack Total Time Limit 20 Minutes

A brief note records yesterday’s solution for a four rack challenge with a total time limit set at twenty minutes. The entry logs the solution attempt and the time constraint observed during play.

Seoul to Moscow telephone link opens via London

Seoul Korea announces a new commercial telephone link to Moscow routed through London. The Communications Ministry says Britain arranged the link at Seoul's request. Moscow supports North Korea’s communist government and has no formal relations with Seoul.

Seoul South Korea Soviet Union London Communications Ministry North Korea

23 Fatal Air Crashes Reported for 1978

Montreal ap The International Civil Aviation Organization says 23 fatal accidents occurred on scheduled flights in 1978, one less than 1977, with 652 deaths down slightly from 516 the year before. Non scheduled and charter flights caused 464 passenger deaths in 30 accidents, vs 832 deaths in 40 accidents in 1977.

Montreal International Civil Aviation Organization United Nations Agency

Dear Abby Readers Blast Sexist Advice on Surprises

Readers vehemently criticize Abigail Van Buren for telling a wife to “be prepared” for last minute guests. Letters argue husbands should not drop in unannounced and that wives deserve notice and choice. One writer recalls a similar experience with his father.

Abby Lasky Drive Beverly Hills Calif

Alabama reports syphilis surge in five areas

State Health Officer Ira Myers announced in a annual report that January February 1979 syphilis cases rose 222 percent from a year earlier. Huntsville Florence Montgomery Phenix City and Mobile showed the largest increases amid a sudden epidemic after more than a decade of decline. ON THIS DATE in 1954, 900000 American children would receive Salk polio vaccine injections in a nationwide test.

Birmingham Ala Alabama Ira Myers Medical Association of the State of Myers Huntsville Florence Montgomery Phenix City Mobile

Frost line quirks and moon view from two cities

A playful note explains a frost line of 6000 feet in tropical regions and imagines the moon drawn over the United States with Las Vegas peeking from one edge and Philadelphia from the opposite.

United States Las Vegas Philadelphia

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