Virgo Horoscope Burden Brings Satirical Lunch Debrief
In a restaurant, a self styled Virgo contends with horoscopes while testing staff birth dates. He criticizes service and ambience, complains about a slippery fork and over loud music, then leaves a snide 10 percent tip and warns against emotional displays. This reprints Mike Royko content from January 8 1970.
Weekend Arts and Events roundup at Iowa colleges and venues
A dense listing highlights an assortment of performances and forums from Cornell College Mount Vernon to Cedar Rapids. Opera Edwin Drood and Wait Until Dark dominate the stage, with Cinderella and Of Mice and Men at Linn-Mar and Washington High respectively. Also featured are conferences, comedy acts, lectures, exhibits, garden shows, and music recitals.
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Edwin Drood
Opera Workshop
Armstrong Theatre
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Third St. SE
Robert Drury
Boatyard
Ice Harbor
Dubuque
Children’s Theatre of
Jefferson High School
Thomas D
Hancher
U of I
Mice and Men
Linn-Mar High Hool
North 10Th St
Marion
Washington High School
Forest Dr. SE
Underworld
Armstrong Hall
Music Center Stage
Randy Sabien
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
Decorah
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Bruce Brubaker
Paramount Theatre
Mark Weiger
Clapp Recital Hall
U of
First U S irradiation plant ships berries amid doubt
The Mulberry Florida plant ships 2300 pints of irradiated strawberries to North Miami Beach markets amid consumer doubt and protests. Grocers say safety is clear but sales depend on customer buying. Officials and advocacy groups debate nutritional impact and cancer risk while regulators note broad international approval.
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Mulberry
Fla
David Laurenzo
Miami Beach
Harley Everett
Vindicator Inc
Food & Water
Michael Colby
Maine
New York
New Jersey
World Health Organization
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture Department
Commitment to the future The Gazette promotes agriculture by printing with soybean ink
The Gazette advocates recycling and uses soybean ink on recycled newsprint. It lists drop-off boxes at City Carton, econofoods, Hy-Vee outlets in Marion and Cedar Rapids for readers to recycle newspapers. The paper, established in 1883, offers mail editions and specifies subscription rates and address details.
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the Gazette
The
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Seventh Ave
Marion
Cedar Or Rapids
Cedar Rapids . Inc
P.O
Cedar Rapids
My Mother and Girl Monologues in Short Stories
A New Yorker style note highlights short stories centered on mother daughter dynamics. In My Mother the daughter imagines her mother as mountain and goddess while Kin caid threads maternal counsel into a sharp portrait. Girl offers a witty admonition about eating to spare others.
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Kin‘caid
Charles Solomon
Los Angeles Times Service
Corrections Corrected Wetlands Report Figures And Names
The Cedar River calcium nitrate figure is corrected from 23 million to 11.5 million pounds and the discharge rate is adjusted from every two minutes to every three minutes. A photo caption misidentified the truck owner. the correct owner is Jerry J. Kobs Inc. Linn County Democratic chair is John Glackin. The Gazette invites accuracy feedback at 398-8313.
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Cedar River
Water Department
Tom Noth
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Noth
League of Women Voters
Linn County Democratic Party
John Glackin
Gazette
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Emc Phillips
Johnny Walker
Politics
Iowa City Public Library
Johnson County League of Women Voters
Iowa Sierra Club
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Downs
Sixth Street
St. Luke’s
Five Seasons Center
Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Rd
Nature Center
Connecticut
B.B. Stamats
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Lindbergh
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Mar-Mac
McGregor
Ray Still
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Harper Hall
Vernon Middle School
Westdale
Econofoods West
Edgewood Rd
HLV School Board
Tony Netusil
Iowa State University
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Cityline
Senate Ethics Committee
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California Investment Company
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Plume
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Mercy Medical Plaza
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