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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
4
Readers seek reassurance about scary dreams during pregnancy. Dr Molner explains dreams reflect daytime thoughts and emotions, not future events, and urges avoiding superstition. Other letters cover mono transmission, blood contribution to fetus, and constipation remedies with brochure requests.
Former President Harry S Truman greeted in Key West as dismal weather and welcoming locals mark his island stay. An editorial recalls his 11 prior visits and praises the town for giving him respite from tensions. Truman rises early and chats with residents while his four grandsons swim at the Casa Marina.
The article notes plastic furniture suits children due to low cost and easy disposal after they outgrow it, while also claiming it can be sturdier than certain woods.
In New York a professor runs a two semester Woman's Law course at NYU. He notes how women face everyday legal traps from misread deeds to loan tweaks. The class covers warranties mortgages alimony and taxes showing how laws can be initiated by individuals.
In Chicago the public library’s overdue book amnesty on January 2 led to nearly 105000 returns, many valuable or out of print. Officials once jubilant now fear the policy reduced fine collections sharply.
Abigail Van Buren addresses a widow facing a rushed marriage after her husband’s death and a pregnancy. The adviser urges marrying sooner, notes social stigma, and cautions about timing and public perception. The column also advises handling a troublesome visiting child and a mother-daughter rift with compassion or direct contact.
Mrs. Melvin G. Hawk cleans a 10 foot 7 inch white polar bear with a vacuum to keep its fur fluffy. The 1,450 pound bear was shot by her husband in Alaska, mounted in Seattle and shipped to Shannondale where passersby stare and drape the windows.
Members of the Vinton club entertained their husbands at the Ranch supper club for the club’s twenty second anniversary celebration. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Frederick J. Schueler and Mrs. Glen Heefner.
Peter M. Solar son of Mr and Mrs Peter Solar of 1949 C Avenue NE has pledged Tau Alpha Omicron fraternity at Swarthmore College Swarthmore Pa The pledge confirms his new membership at the college fraternity program.
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