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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1975
Page
6
The Better Business Bureau issues its second dictionary of advertising terms to educate consumers. Key entries include comparable value regular price originally formerly sold at special purchase introductory offer and two for one.
Designer Yvas Saint Laurent debuts a spring custom line centered on Le Tee Shirt. The daytime look combines a white gabardine jacket and skirt with silk accents and a blue white striped T shirt for a cohesive casual chic set.
Spec.4 Babette Payton, 22, a black enlisted woman from Chicago, faces a February 10 court martial in Heidelberg for wearing corn rows on duty. The Army had banned certain outlandish styles despite new rules to expand personal freedom. She also faces AWOL charges tied to a psychiatric exam order she calls an attempt to label her, while claiming harassment for her vocal Black woman status.
Paris fashion week highlights skin with minimal coverage as designers like Courreges Givenchy and Saint Laurent feature bare midriffs, off shoulder gowns, high cut skirts, and see through fabrics. Daytime looks include bare tops under jackets while Dior and Ning Ricci showcase sheer and strap emphasis across linen and jersey gowns.
Washington reports say at least two more states are poised to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, with Missouri North Dakota Indiana in the mix. Leaders anticipate a bandwagon effect as states such as North Carolina Florida Illinois potentially join, while Nebraska and Tennessee reconsider. Pro ERA groups see final ratification likely by end of 1975 amid mixed Senate prospects and political hurdles in several legislatures.
Open duplicate bridge played Wednesday at the YWCA with Mitchell movement winners announced. North-South champions were Mrs. Andrew Burali Forti and Clyde Nowlin first, followed by Mrs. Charles Leipald and Ruth Helm second. East-West victors were Kathy Spivey and Jay Baum first, with Mrs. Don King and Mrs. F G Johnson second.
A former college French instructor who is now blind and on welfare received $925,000 from Avis Rent A Car System for injuries from a June 1970 car crash in France. Valerie Harbourne of Queens Village sued for $10 million. she was blinded and suffered multiple fractures and a brain injury. The Fiat overturn occurred outside Paris. her travel companion alleged steering problems.
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