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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1979
Page
10
A reader asks whether to reveal a half revealed family secret about a brother and a child born from a possible affair. Abby advises leaving the matter hidden to avoid an uproar and extends a caution about exposing 55 years of roots. A second letter questions a fianc es stinginess and its impact on a marriage, and Abby links money attitude to character and compatibility.
A nostalgic peek at 1979 office life with long distance calls made by hand and a secretary away. It recalls rising before dawn at age 20 to snag football tickets and the shift to watching games only when the TV is on after 40.
Forbes magazine paid 24000 for black enameled opera glasses used by Abraham Lincoln the night of his assassination at Ford's Theater. The glasses were among Lincoln articles from Roy Crocker collection sold at Sotheby Parke Bennet.
Supreme Court to decide if lab created life forms can be patented amid fears about Pseudomonas bacteria that digest oil spills. The piece warns that hungry microbes could harm oil reserves, drilling, and home heating, with unpredictable ecological and economic consequences.
Rita Baker spoke at a winter survival workshop in Osceola when a blackout knocked out lights and power. She used the moment to stress finding a light source and led the audience to keep the lecture going until power returned.
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