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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1981
Page
10
A series of safety scenarios and multiple choice options about personal security and safe practices. It covers door handling, key management, parking, hiding valuables, hotel room selection, roadside safety, apartment security, burglary risk times, jogging and park safety, uneasy encounters, phone scams, and lock types with best choices indicated.
A numbered Q&A offers practical advice on avoiding burglaries and assaults. It covers lock use, home surveillance, travel precautions, how to handle prowlers, defensive actions, and the value of staying with others at night, emphasizing nonlethal risk management.
A reader analyzes a wave of scams and promotions found in direct mail from 1981. Offers range from free smoke detectors with a full security system to “Final Notice” prizes, gold chains, and sheepskin coats. Mailers pressure with deadlines and enticements, while Abernathy and Closther Ltd. peddle luxury junk.
A numeric guide scores crime awareness from 17 to less than 9 points. High scores indicate strong avoidance and protection skills, while lower scores suggest increasing risk. The note advises contacting the local police crime prevention unit for a home security check and personal safety guidance.
The piece warns that snow shoveling is a strenuous upper body workout that taxes the heart and can trigger heart attacks. It advises gradual effort, conditioning the arms and chest, and avoiding heavy loads, especially for those with heart or lung disease.
The piece surveys a growing market of home computer games priced about ten to forty dollars and playable on Apple, Atari, TRS-80, VIC-20 and PET systems. It highlights Olympic Decathlon for sports fans, space and adventure titles, card games, teaching games like Touch Type Tutor, and adult titles such as Pornopoly, noting publishers and platform variety.
In 1963 the Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved, ending a union of the three territories and altering regional colonial governance. The breakup set the stage for independent trajectories of Rhodesia and Nyasaland beyond the federation.
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