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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1969

Page

9

Teens Value Chaperones Even As They Go It Alone

Nancy Gilbert reports teens see value in adult presence during parties though many think chaperones are outdated. Surveys show about half attend gatherings without supervision, with incidents ranging from broken items to fights and arson. Teens cite rules like no drinking and strict curfews, while some favor trusting teens to set their own guidelines.

Peggy Wares Fayetteville Ark Garland Johnson Lafayette Ind Don S Cleveland

Winter Geese Return to Rochester Lakeside feed

Thousands of giant Canada geese return to Rochester's Silver Lake each winter drawn by warm water from a nearby power plant. A hard Minnesota winter boosts their numbers to up to 10 000, aided by corn fields and late harvests. Geese feed in long day and night roosts, crowding over the skyline.

Rochester, Minn Capistrano Rochester Silver Lake Minnesota

Young Pueblo officer sobs over suicide wish in prison

Shaking with sobs the 23 year old Lt. Timothy Harris testified at a court of inquiry in Coronado California that he wanted to kill himself in a North Korean prison after captivity. He said he could not go through with it and later expressed hope that his captors would be bombed.

Coronado Calif Pueblo J.g Timothy Harris Adm Harold Bowen Harris Allan Bergner Bergner Amana U. S Canada

Fades Away but Leaves $14990 in Miami Rooming House

The body of 70 year old Corporal Jacob Ramer was found in a Miami rooming house. Police recovered $695 cash, bonds valued at $6,350, a bank balance of $7,945.67, and a note dated Nov 15 1958 naming the U.S. government as 100 percent beneficiary.

Miami U.S Jacob Ramer Ramer

Carrie Nation axe bottle on display in Bardstown museum

An exhibit at the Barton Museum of Whisky History features an unusual bottle shaped like Carrie Nation's axe, illustrating that some distillers did not take the 1890s temperance crusade seriously.

Bardstown UPI Barton Museum of Carrie Nation

South's Diamond Play Delivers 68 Percent Chance in Bridge

In a flush of four card majors, South avoids a heart move, ducks clubs, and leads diamonds. With diamonds 3-2, South gains an overtrick, then notes the alternate line yields a 68 percent success rate via spade finesse or nine tricks if East has king of spades or 3-3 spades.

South West Hearts East

Spruce Goose Given Home Another Year

Long Beach officials approve Howard Hughes the extension of his $36,000 yearly lease for the waterfront pier housing the 200 ton Spruce Goose hangar. The historic plywood flying boat cost $58 million and first flew in 1947.

Long Beach Calif Long Beach Harbor

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Nancy Gilbert Gilbert Youth Service Kay Bremer Toledo Ohio Lynn Trepp Miami, Fla Gilbert Weister New Rochelle N.Y Geri Lapchick le Seur Minn Pat Morrison Tucson Ariz Susie Morrison Austin Texas Jimmy Harle Edwin Brown Kensington Ave Buffalo, N.Y Ridgepole Aurora Judd Dulice Smulekoff Jewelry K SD Bowen E. Miles Harvey By Oswald James Jacoby Eaks Ing
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