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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1977
Page
4
Cedar Rapids homemaker Meri Thomsen conceives a machine washable tie for working men using polyester fabric and fusible interfacing. She patents the concept, forms a company, and expects a trial rollout with Nebraska manufacturer brands in Cedar Rapids stores.
Mobile inventor Joe Newman unveils the Newman Windshield Rain Preventer, an adjustable panel mounted above the windshield that shoots out up to three feet to shed rain without wipers. The 40-year-old Alabama graduate plans talks with truck makers as he pursues patent backing. He has previously created a Magnum knife with wings and touts invention as a long-held dream.
East Central Iowa youngsters may register today for the 1977 Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby. Jerry Knight notes 90 plus registrations and four clinics at the Central YMCA begin with an introductory session on car design and floorboard construction for both senior and junior divisions.
On this date in 1711 the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire declared war on one another marking a significant expansion of hostilities in the Northern Black Sea region. The move set the stage for broader military campaigns between the two powers.
Chastity Blotts returns to Cass township after a basketball career setback. She investigates weights of four brothers using a teeter totter as a balance, deducing Dolliver weighs most, then Asa, then Beanie, with Cod lightest. The puzzle uses pairwise comparisons: Asa heavier than Beanie and Cod together, and Dolliver heavier than Asa.
The Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow performs in Paris through April 24 as part of an exchange that will bring the Paris Opera Ballet to the Soviet Union April 20 to May 20. Five ballets are on the program including Giselle Don Quixote Spartacus Swan Lake and Ivan the Terrible. Four special performances honor composers two for Tchaikovsky excerpts from Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty and two for Prokofiev with Cinderella Stone Flower and Ivan the Terrible.
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