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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1988

Page

17

TV Highlights Tour of Duty Featured Downed Helicopter Rescue

The platoon finds an Army helicopter shot down behind enemy lines containing USO performers. Airing at 7 pm on National Geographic Afro Odyssey shows Mark and Delia Owens researching lions and dangers facing wildebeest in Botswana.

National Geographic Mark Delia Owens Botswana Allen Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver Monty Woolley Bette Davis Woolley Harry

Bridge Aces Show Finesse Risks In Four Hearts

Feature on bridge strategy contrasts two four heart games. In the first, a queen lead fails when West covers not, letting East win with the king. In the replay, a different line yields four hearts with a club discard, swinging to a large score. The piece discusses onside versus offside trump king outcomes and overtrick value.

We United Feature Syndicate South West East Mr. Wolff

No Kidding Item List Puts Durations to Everyday Objects

A reader from Baldwin Park California weighs in with a list of item lifespans from a glass bottle lasting one million years to a cigarette butt lasting one to five years. The note, titled No Kidding, asks readers to mail in their own entries to The Gazette in Maple Shade New Jersey with full contact details.

Baldwin Park Calif Sequote Park the Gazette World Features P.O. Bor Maple Shade

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