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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1977
Page
11
A reader asks for ancestral details and descendants of multiple Iowa-connected families and individuals spanning 19th and early 20th centuries. Questions seek birthplaces, marriage data, census notes, and siblings, with response to be sent to listed addresses in Cedar Rapids.
The Cedar Rapids chapter of the C R Group to Decency Rally schedules a charter bus to a national decency rally in Cincinnati this Friday. Speakers include Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton Jr a former POW and vocal critic of pornography Dr Judianne Denson Gerber psychiatrist attorney Ernest Van Den Haag and prosecutor Simon L Leis who helped convict Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. Bus departs 6 30 am with about 90 dollar cost and call numbers for reservations.
In Longview Washington AP report Jer ry LaBaron, owner of a Portland shop, says the all electric doll house costs $5,000 with $2,500 more for furniture. He calls dollhouse miniatures the third fastest growing hobby after stamp and coin collecting. The unfurnished $5,000 model will be sold complete with electric features and furniture may push total to $7,500.
Japan's Hikari superexpress trains run the 320.1 mile Tokyo to Osaka route in three hours and ten minutes at an average speed over 101 mph. Between Tokyo and Nagoya the 212.4 mile leg takes two hours and one minute. There are 57 Hikari trains in service.
The article notes Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s phrase that emphasis lies in the fight and not the victory, suggesting it helped inspire the growth of sportsmanship awards in athletics. The philosopher founder’s words are cited as a catalyst for honoring fair play.
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