09 Jan 1984
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1984
Page
1
Evening listings show multiple time blocks with programs across channels. Notable items include sitcoms, game shows, dramas, and sports with titles such as The Far North Two Solitudes Two Solitudes and NHL Hockey Edmonton Detroit. Also featured are news programs ABC NBC CBS and public affairs and entertainment specials.
CBS features Scarecrow and Mrs King at 7 with Amanda and Lee chasing assassins. NBC airs TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes hosted by Letterman and McMahon. ABC presents Something About Amelia at 8 with Danson and Close provoking parental advisory. PBS offers The Magic Flute from Salzburg at 8 with Levine and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Prime time list shows 8:00 B programming with college basketball matchups Northern Iowa vs Iowa State and Notre Dame vs Washington. Includes films The Bravados and Firehouse, series like Hart to Hart Columbo Nightline and Masterpiece Theatre The Citadel eight parts, plus religious and news blocks across NBC ABC CBS PBS and local feeds.
NBC's high budget Romans vs Christians epic A D resumes three more months of shooting near Libya after a brutal heat spell. The cast includes Ava Gardner James Mason John Houseman Ben Vereen Colleen Dewhurst Anthony Andrews and Jennifer O Neill. Producers plan September return for Maranatha an 8 hour sequel cost 15 million with sets including a near replica of the Roman Colosseum.
A humorous column riffs on weather forecasting predicting a record snow winter. It cites caterpillars, squirrels, onions, car batteries, firewood shortages, and snow shovels as signs. The piece bonepicks preparations like stockpiling fuel and salt and ends with a quip about Vostok’s record cold and a party mess outside.
AP dispatch notes two 1990s spoof handbooks The YAP Official Young Aspiring Professionals Fast-Track Handbook and The Yuppie Handbook. Crimmins defends her October publication while Long Shadow Books disputes similarity. The books lampoon consumption driven lifestyles and self improvement obsessions.
SHARE a support group for parents who have lost infants or children will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Mercy Hospital Iowa Citys administrative conference room. The program features Touch the Snow a filmstrip about sibling grief based on a true Omaha family story. Call Mary McMurray education director at 3370662 for details.
A dense page lists film titles, ratings, and showtimes across venues including Theater Times Plaza, Stage 1 to 4, Eastown I, Westdale Mall Cinema I to IV, Garden Marion, and Odeum Mount Vernon. Notable titles include Terms of Endearment, Christine, Yentl, Uncommon Valor, The Big Chill, Spaceraiders, To Be or Not to Be, The Man Who Loved Women, Sudden Impact, Mickey s Christmas Carol, The Rescuers, Two of a Kind, The Return of the Jedi, and A Christmas Story with various matinee and evening slots.
Five years ago China’s senior deputy premier stated Taiwan could retain its government and armed forces and stay fully autonomous if it reunites with the mainland. The remark framed a vision of peaceful unification with Taiwan maintaining separate governance and defenses.
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