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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1988
Page
8
Readers share takes on drop in guests and the value of sociable life. A loud poster tale from Midge in Watsonville and a quiet reader from One of the Quiet Ones highlight differing desires for privacy versus sociability and Abby counsels kindness and understanding.
In a bridge column, Bobby Wolff explains how a team missed a slam due to deceptive defense. South wins a club ace, dummies a jack, and a clever sequence of trumps and finesses yields the slam, while West’s unexpected eighth trump card change shifts the outcome.
A brief quiz page lists common tech terms and definitions. Questions cover VCR, automation, sales origins, brand naming, Battle Creek product fame, iron impurities, dry cleaning solvents, radiation belts, and radio abbreviations, with an answer key on the page.
A 1987 nationwide survey by Restaurants and Institutions lists Burger King and Wendy’s tied for top with Whataburger and McDonald’s tied with Carl’s Jr and Sonic Drive-In. Other chains include Hardee’s Krystal and White Castle. The Gazette invites publication submissions with sender details.
The listings preview Real Life on 7 p.m. with California homemakers. KOCR airs a Florida gem heist caper at 7. DIS presents Black Beauty at 7 with a doomed groom. HBO offers Superman IV at 7 with Nuclear Man. SHO runs Off Beat at 7 and J.J. Starbuck at 8. Frontline’s My Husband Is Going to Kill Me airs at 8. evening programs include passa, Gardens of Stone, The Bounty and More on various channels.
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