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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1979

Page

14

Rearrange Letters Puzzle from Judd Syndicate

A 20 minute puzzle total with rows of letters to form 2 to 7 letter words. Scoring rules assign points per word and 7 letter words gain a 50 point bonus. Blanks count as no letter value. Proper nouns foreign or hyphenated words forbidden.

Judd’s United Feature Syndicate

Dear Abby advises hanging up on obscene calls

Abigail Van Buren cites Pacific Telephone Co guidance to hang up on obscene calls and contact the phone company if harassment continues. She notes such calls are illegal with potential six months imprisonment and a $1000 fine, and adds a humorous reply to a reader about a 23 year old in a small town.

The Pacific Telephone Co Abby

Swiss Parliament elects Huerlimann president for 1979

The Swiss Parliament elected Interior Minister Hans Huerlimann, a Christian Democrat, as president of Switzerland for 1979 to succeed Transport Minister Willy Ritschard of the Social Democrats. The ceremonial presidency rotates annually among the seven cabinet members.

Bern Switzerland Hans Huerlimann

Man Drives Train in Chicago After Waiting Out in Cold

Gerald Walls, 18, a Fort Riley soldier on furlough, climbed into a CTA motorman’s cab at the Lake Dan Ryan line and steered a parked eight car train through the Loop to 95th Street before police arrested him for criminal trespass to a vehicle. He was held on a $100 bond.

Chicago UPI Gerald Walls Chicago Transit Authority CTA Walls Fort Riley Kan Lake Dan Ryan 95Th Street

Watergate update in Parade Magazine this Sunday

Jack Anderson presents a Watergate update in Parade Magazine this Sunday. The feature previews ongoing investigations and political implications with focus on key figures and timing for readers nationwide.

Jack Anderson Parade Magazine

Modern-day vampire held by German police in abuse case

Police in Frankfurt West Germany arrested a 22 year old man after a 15 year old girl accused him of enticing girls to his apartment drugging them abusing them sexually and drinking their blood. He reportedly admitted he sometimes drank the blood of teenage girls whom he lured to his home.

Frankfurt West Germany UPI

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