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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1979
Page
8
Readers vent about unhappy long marriages with sharp humor and fatigue. A correspondent mocks the idea of enduring decades and jokes about rest, while another clarifies that common-law marriages are legally binding in many states including Ohio, countering myths about cohabitation.
South faces a start by losing two heart tricks and ruffing the third with a high trump. A simple play exists to complete the contract, but locating the king of clubs in West is key. With East likely holding it, the reader must apply correct play given the vulnerability and bidding context.
South targets East to force end play after two rounds of trumps split two-two and a diamond squeeze. He wins with a diamond to dummy, ruffs, and then leads the last heart. East either discards or ruffing leads set up South to make the contract. Bidding shows one heart double two hearts amid the surrounding notices.
Marmaduke counselor John Staynes of Upper Iowa University will meet students at Prairie High School on Tuesday at 10 30 a.m. to discuss attending the school. An Alabama reader asked for bid advice on a bridge hand and Montrose sponsored games with door times and prizes. On this date in 1916 Pancho Villa led a Mexican attack on Columbus New Mexico killing 15 people.
In Iowa City at Hancher Auditorium a large NDR Symphony Hamburg concert under Zdenek Macal revived the Schmidt-Isserstedt legacy. The program featured Mozart's serenely bright Haffner Symphony No. 35 with a nimble third movement and a brisk presto finale.
The program opened with Mozart and moved to Hin demith on Symphonic Metamorphoses and Weber. Beethoven Symphony No 7 followed with lively rhythms, rich phrasing, and a dramatic finale. The flute solo and bass section shone, and the encore Wagner Prelude to Lohengrin drew roaring applause.
Parade magazine previews a new controversy surrounding a Hollywood performer. The feature outlines public reactions and industry context as anticipation builds for a Sunday showcase.
The list shows a dense slate of programs across channels with entries such as The Newlywed Game Family Feud Hee Haw The Gong Show Carol Burnett Muppets My Three Sons and Dallas Newscasts. Other items include Street Week Dukes of Hazzard and Dick Cavett plus Murals of Baja and various sports and late movie items.
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