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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1978
Page
22
Officials examined an Aero Virgin DC-3 that plunged into shallow water near Rio Grande on Monday after an engine failure. All three crew members and two passengers escaped injury as police and national guardsmen surveyed the scene.
Glenn Miller and the Independence High School band, 149 members, traveled from Iowa to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl Festival Parade. They raised about $11,000 for the trip and earned television coverage amid pride from students and officials. Superintendent Donald Henderson praised their achievement and the band’s persistent fundraising efforts since June.
Erma Bombeck jokes about the invisibility of clean cookie sheets and the clash between domestic chores and men’s comments. She quips that cookie sheets are like underwear and never on display, noting husband references to oil changes and the price of a sheet.
A humorous exchange mocks frugality and consumer tics as a rusting cookie sheet prompts claims of health hazards. The narrator jokes about everyday items from glasses to mower cords, noting thriftiness and vanity in a 1978 Field Enterprises inc. piece.
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