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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1971
Page
9
Paris designer Jacques Griffe showcases impeccably tailored spring lines prioritizing smooth quiet silhouettes. He emphasizes built in effects, draping with jersey and chiffon, and bold color palettes. Hem lines and pleats feature across daytime coats, dresses, and evening ensembles.
The princess and Lord Snowdon will travel economy class toward a month long vacation with Colin Tennant, the "king of Mastique," and possible Barbados stopovers. Snowdon recently flew BOAC economy to Barbados, aiming to save on travel costs. Tennant gifted land on Mastique and hinted at St Vincent destination. Snowdon’s Barbados trip follows a pre Christmas medical convalescence in London.
The notice lists Howell Movement bridge winners with ties and a third place, plus details of a kitchen bridal shower for Miss Janice Mangold hosted by Mrs Merle Castel on Twenty sixth Street NW. It reports officers installed for Star of Maine Rebeash lodge No 221 and a Newport RI item about David Lisenhower and Julie moving into an oceanfront apartment during Naval Officers Candidate School.
Mr and Mrs John M Bishop of M4 Seventeenth Street SW celebrate their 65th anniversary. They wed June 31, 1906 in Marshalltown. They are parents of five children Harold Roan, Mrs Chester J Melick of Waterloo, Mrs TH Lewis Shellsburg, Mrs David W Ford Fort Wayne IN, and Dorothy M Bishop Cedar Rapids. They have 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Fifteen Johnson Central High School seniors who wore pantsuits in near zero weather were sent home and barred from returning until they submit to paddlings. Principal Herschel Conley framed the action as enforcing a longstanding rule after rejecting a temporary suspension for cold weather.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Gallagher of 428 A Avenue NW will entertain visitors this week. Guests include Mrs Irene Henry and Mrs Rath Mizner and son Rick of Riverside California and Mr and Mrs William S Dale of Westminster California.
Washington reports a 1967 census survey showing younger wives expect to have fewer children than older wives, with an average of about 2.7 children for 18 to 19 year olds versus near zero for wives aged 35 to 40, signaling a slower U.S. population growth.
Rep Martha Griffiths a strong advocate for women’s rights criticized the Supreme Court for its initial opinion on sex discrimination in employment. She urged that Martin Marietta be found in the wrong for not hiring Mrs Ida Phillips at its Orlando Florida plant due to her children. Griffiths supported Justice Marshall’s separate view warning against outdated views of women’s roles.
A reader writes about a husband who pays his secretary full time for loyalty, another worries over her fiancé sharing bathrooms with his mother, and a man clashes with his second wife over carrying a first wife’s photo. Abby advises prioritizing honesty and practicality, suggesting to remove the first wife’s picture and address privacy directly with the fiancé.
At the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York a participatory Fur and Feathers exhibit invites visitors to hug fur bears ride a feathered elevator and sit on fur clad furniture. Highlights include a feather wind machine and a bed of tickles where guests compose poems.
New York AP report states Mrs Spiro T Agnew said on NBC Today she would not be upset if her husband is not tapped to run for re election in 1972. She added the choice is entirely up to President Nixon and praised his job performance noting neither of them will be upset.
London AP report says George Drummond a banking heir secretly wed Rashel Manley daughter of Jamaican opposition leader Michael Manley in Barbados. Drummond, godson of King George VI, married in a register office without friends. He is a former movie producer andbacker of Radio Caroline, the pirate station linked to offshore ships.
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