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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1977
Page
11
A Dear Abby column shares reader woes about a wife who neglects her appearance and a husband fired after a customer accused him of making a pass. Abby’s reply advises on self-presentation and legal steps to protect a good name.
Milan’s La Scala Opera House marks its 200th birthday with an extended season from December 7, 1977 to December 31, 1978. The program highlights seven Verdi operas including Don Carlos, plus Puccini Mozart Beethoven Wagner Nono and Britten works, a Berio new opera, and various ballets and concerts.
Dr J Robert Cade of the University of Florida reports 90 percent of 80 high blood pressure patients were controlled by exercise alone or with smaller medicine doses after a month of routines. Exercise included running 20 minutes swimming 20 laps or cycling an hour three to five nights weekly.
Nellie Barber, a 66 year old retired teacher in Vista, collects two pounds of dead flies to present to the county Board of Supervisors and is appointed to the county fly board. She rigs a backpack sprayer to stalk flies and blames nearby chicken ranches for the infestation. The board will consider a new fly control ordinance in November. She vacuums flies from windows and sprays them with insecticide. Neighbors frequently ask about their flies.
The report notes Charles III of Spain in the 18th century ate roast veal soup lettuce salad an egg and a glass of wine at 9 30 p m each evening for decades. It also mentions soprano Victoria de los Angeles being aged 53.
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