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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1979
Page
5
Readers urge Abby to rethink her stance on music lessons. A boy recalls strict practice from age 15 and choosing guitar after quitting piano, while another family regrets coercive lessons as a form of child abuse. A Minneapolis reader voices no regrets after quitting piano.
The Italian Government Travel Office at 630 Fifth Ave New York offers free brochures with lists of pensions in major Italian cities for budget travelers. An additional brochure lists restaurants across Italy with moderate prices.
Oswald and Alan discuss a recent New York bridge tournament example. South bids two clubs to suggest a club slam, North and South then reach five diamonds with a 10 trick swing, aided by diamonds breaking 2-2. Peter Weichsel’s imaginative bid yields ten tricks.
A Mavie reader asks about a bridge hand where two fives of diamonds joined the same trick and a six of diamonds is missing from the deck. The expert replies that such a deal is not counted, but all prior hands are counted.
Handleman reports a 110 percent first quarter profit rise at Seven Sisters Oil Co. Wheeler Generous schemes a quiet stockholders meeting away from press, urges downplaying the windfall. They discuss measures to divert attention and justify profit as reinvestment while signaling gifts and public television grants.
The page lists a Monday night TV lineup with times from 6:00 to 10:30 featuring News & Over Easy, Match Game, Newlywed Game, Muppets, Different Strokes, Nashville Music, Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, My Three Sons, World of Survival, White Shadow, Battle of Network Stars, NBC Movie Rollercoaster, M A S H, Scared Straight, WKRP in Cincinnati, Lou Grant, Playboy Anniversary, Whodunnit, Dick Cavett, Rockford Files, and The Bionic Woman.
A fragmented listing shows CBS NBC and ABC affiliates across Cedar Rapids Davenport Rock Island and surrounding markets. Program names include Gunsmoke Mission Impossible Ironside Barnaby Jones Starsky and Hutch Laverne and Shirley The Big Event and various movies and talk shows with times scattered throughout the day.
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