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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1976

Page

5

Tips To Avoid Air Travel Problems In 1976

Consumer guide advice from the Civil Aeronautics Board on planning international trips. Learn to use free stopovers discount fares and check restrictions, ticket validity, price changes, ticket pickup deadlines, and check-in times. Free booklet available from the Consumer Information Center Pueblo Colorado 81609.

Civil Aeronautics Board Consumer Information Center Dept Pueblo Colo Consumers Guide Free The General Services Administration

Dear Abby letters on wedding choices and altar boy question

A reader asks if a 60 year old should have a church wedding with bridesmaids and a gown. Abby says yes It is a personal celebration. Another asks if a girl can be an altar boy and Abby notes changes in church practice. The final note covers sending birthday checks and seeking a reply from Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles.

Abby Justice of the Peace Los Angeles Calif

Weekend Theater Schedule Shows Wide Film Lineup

Saturday listings cover Iowa World Plaza Stage four Eastown Collins Twixt Twin West Twin East Marion and Cinemax theaters with titles including The Exorcist Gus Blackbeard's Ghost The Treasure of Matecumbe The Apple Dumpling Gang Survive The Silent Movie The Outlaw Josey Wales Murder by Death Gator The Gumball Rally Squirm They Came from Within The Mark of the Devil Gus Blackbeard's Ghost The Outlaw Josey Wales A Fistful of Dynamite Harry in Your Pocket The Exorcist Black Christmas and more showtimes throughout the day across multiple venues.

Harry

Success Smells Sweet For Incense Maker

Los Angeles AP. Fred Block built The Olfactory Corp from a Venice apartment experiment into one of the nation’s largest incense producers with over 2 million dollars in last year’s sales. He started after importing incense from Bombay in 1966 and created the world’s first strawberry incense. The nine year old firm now sells fragrance sticks through supermarkets and record stores with scents from sweet pea to cantons.

Los Angeles Fred Block Flower Olfactory Corp Black Block Venice Sunset Strip

Six Spades Slam Showcases Clever Dummy Play

A 1940 Bridge World example shows South using dummy’s aces and multiple entries to ruff diamonds and hearts, forcing West to discard or ruff. The article notes North should have bid five spades to reach the slam, while modern players discuss alternative sequences and diamond cues.

Bridge World South West North

Cubans Tour Russia as Costa Rican Visitors Made Public

The Soviet Union hosts growing Cuban tourist groups weekly touring Moscow Leningrad Kiev and Volgograd while also welcoming its first organized Costa Rican tour of 33 people including professionals.

Moscow UPI Soviet Union Russia Leningrad Kiev Volgograd Costa Rica

Bridge bidding note from Kansas pair on two hearts response

Kansas reader asks what we bid after partner opens one heart. We respond with a raise to two hearts. Hand has ace and two kings, no ruf value, and we aim for a more encouraging bid than one notrump.

Kansas Maxtor CY

Visitors to Hong Kong rise in May by twenty three percent

Hong Kong saw 138,316 visitors in May, up 23 percent from a year earlier, with the Hong Kong Tourist Association noting a 22 percent year to date rise through May. In Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts reduced general admission from 2.58 to 1.50 dollars.

Hong Kong UPD Boston Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Soviet Union Buys Back Great Plains Wheat

Soviet buyers reintegrate U S wheat origin from Mennonite immigrants seed from Ukraine 1870s that led Kansas to lead in production as winter wheat sees renewed trade interest. The piece notes strong yields and Kansas prominence in the grain market.

Ukraine Great Plains Kansas Soviet Union

People Powered Plane Builder Crushed By Hangar Collapse

Seattle AP report details Wayne Bliesner, 22, Bellevue, who sought a 389000 prize for a pedal powered air plane. His 220 pound craft crashed at Bellingham airport when a wooden plastic hangar collapsed, crushing wings and his spirits. He spent over 2000 hours and about $2000 on the project and plans three weeks to repair without quitting.

Seattle Wayne Buesner Bellevue Bellingham Wash Blesner Bliesner

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