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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1971
Page
10
A fitness article advises skiing as excellent fun and a strong workout, urging beginners to start with walking to build leg strength, learn proper technique through lessons, and rent gear first. It cautions about injuries from lack of training, notes mental benefits of scenery, and suggests combining skiing with daily activities and a diet program.
A reader note explains that six points are earned weekly for an hour of skiing and introduces Dr Andelman who will discuss problems in future columns. The doctor regrets he cannot personally answer mail and invites letters addressed to him care of The Gazette.
In Ontario California Otis Chapman phoned police to report a man with a gun attempting a home invasion. Police found an armed man inside Chapman's house and fired. a bullet damaged half Chapman's bow tie. Chapman had entered armed after hearing noises, later acknowledging a gross misunderstanding with officers.
President Nixon urges renewed commitment to Abraham Lincoln's principles as the nation marks his birthday. He emphasizes free people, open opportunities, strong state local government, lawful order, and support for freedom worldwide, recalling Gettysburg's pledge of a new birth of freedom.
Mohammed Shah escaped from an open prison and appeared at Wakefield, seeking to continue a study course begun at Leyhill. He said he favored a transfer to a higher security jail while awaiting Home Office decision. A spokesman said the request was under review and Shah could remain at Wakefield pending outcome.
Felix and Oscar headline a charity event named Running Is Missing Down by the Lake. The program airs in color at 8:30 PM Friday on KCRG TV Channel 9, inviting viewers to support a good cause.
The Maryland health department disconnected its pollution complaint hotline after it kept receiving ham on rye orders to go. A tavern owner faced questions from his wife as a woman kept answering his business line. Telephone workers investigate why both lines rang for every call, with a temporary fix in place.
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