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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1977
Page
15
The piece explores how diverse collectors amass items from beer cans to shells while CB radio users adopt handles as on-air identities. It notes the Blue Kazoo research into CB collecting as a hobby and hints at varied collector profiles within the field.
A New Yorker warns of a 22 second CB rig theft and insurers report rising auto radio losses with 16 to 69 day lifespans in various cities. The Gazette’s Blue Kazoo column catalogues CB handles from Edith Marcelli to Red Pepper, showing how collectors share names and notes.
In New Orleans the CB airwaves on channel 7 are flooded by children’s gossip nicknamed Teddybears. Adults who own the radios say the chatter endangers emergencies as fishermen and hunters rely on the same channel. The Long Beach Air Marine Rescue unit warns lives may be lost if help calls are drowned by frivolous talk.
The Conference Board projects eight million earners of 25000 or more annually now rising to twenty million by 1985, making up over 30 percent of the population.
Texas records show a major drouth roughly every 20 to 25 years. The last drought left 235 of 254 counties on federal relief and ended in spring 1957 after nearly a decade of drought followed by massive floods.
Detroit officials say the Renaissance Center project, a 330 million privately financed riverside complex, will feature numerous indoor and outdoor attractions but no baseball facility. The 72 story hotel and four 39 story towers rise on a 33 acre site with 11 536 tinted glass windows, making a diamond unlikely for Little Leaguers or other teams.
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