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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1978

Page

18

Tricks on the eyes by Cindy Lundine

Eye teasers are optical illusions where light, angles, and line intersections trick the mind. Readers are invited to test themselves with pictured puzzles and verify answers with a ruler.

Gendarmes crack down on wine soaked drivers

Paris reports drunken driving accounts for about 40 percent of France road deaths as gendarmes test motorists with breathalyzer bags under a new law. Police can suspend licenses for three to six years and fine up to 9200 dollars if drunk in an accident.

Paris France National Assembly

Korean TV boom fuels growth in set ownership in 1977

South Korea end of 1977 registered 3.8 million TV sets, about one per 1.8 households, a 35 percent rise from 1976. Higher incomes and domestic production drive the increase. the country hosts 13 television stations, a number slightly larger than Indiana.

Seoul South Korea Indiana

Overseas call rates reduced for 46 foreign countries

Washington AP reports starting November 15 overseas calls to 46 countries will be cheaper. AT T cites lower satellite circuit rates as the reason for the cuts and discounts. A six minute daytime station to station call from the United States to Germany drops from 13 dollars 50 cents to 12 dollars.

Washington American Telephone & Telegraph Co United States Germany

Mercury in Sugluk Eskimos Blood Hits Alarm Level

Ottawa AP reports the Health Department found dangerously high mercury in the blood of thirty Sugluk residents in the Quebec Arctic settlement. The Eskimo community attributes the exposure to meat from contaminated whales and seals, with some readings ten times normal.

Ottawa Quebec Sugluk Health Department

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