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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1978
Page
10
The letter from Sylvia in Greenwich asks about a chastity belt to ease her jealous husband. Abby responds museums hold chastity belts and offers to pass along any found, while another reader asks about dating as an overweight teen and Abby cautions that a pushy boy’s coercive line reveals manipulation and urges seeking healthier relationships.
In Varanasi India the Hindu father of a girl fears the dowry burden from her marriage. Though dowry is illegal the practice endures with daughters seen as financial drain. Fathers in Punjab are alleged to justify killing girl babies to protect family savings.
Indian Creek Nature Center opens fall training for volunteer teacher naturalists starting Aug 31. Six two hour sessions at the center on Otis and Bertram roads SE prepare adults to lead student field trips. Training is free with a half day weekly spring and fall volunteer commitment. Contact 362 0664 for details.
Pittsburgh AP report notes rising operating costs in the steel industry as rail car shortages limit production. Bethlehem Steel vice president Thomas Church says many mills were idled due to car unavailability. Gondola cars 70 tons carry scrap metal and half of finished products, dropping from 177,000 in early 1968 to about 132,000 in the current year, a 25 percent decline. The item also notes that on this date in 1972 Communist China vetoed in the UN Security Council blocking Bangladesh's UN membership.
A dense schedule lists programs across networks with time slots from 6:00 PM to 1:15 AM. Notable items include News specials on CBS, Rockford Files, Bonanza, Muppet programs, Hollywood Squares, Star Trek, Marcus Welby, and late movies such as The Great Robbery and Hook Line and Sinker.
Advice column from Tom Charles addresses a Dads dilemma about whether a wife should work. The counselor argues a husband should not act as a father and that both spouses may need to work to support the family amid inflation.
Roxanne Barton Conlin, U S attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, will address the annual Women s Equality Day program in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. A dinner honoring area women follows at 7 p m at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel with Conlin speaking at 8 p m. Sponsors include the Cedar Rapids Chapter of NOW American Association of University Women Business and Professional Women s Club Jaycee Ettes League of Women Voters Linn County Women s Political Caucus Cedar Rapids Junior Women s Club Planned Parenthood Soroptimists YWCA and Zonta International.
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