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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1977
Page
11
In a late quarter finale of a major team match, a seven spade contract aimed to force seven by a heart finesse. Pedro Cabral of New York judged the position and played West for the queen, delivering a grand slam. The other table followed the percentage line, lost the slam, and still won by a narrow margin.
A Michigan reader asks the meaning of the four spade bid in sequence one diamond one spade four spades. Experts treat it as 18 19 points supporting spades with a restriction that the hand lacks a singleton or void. On this date in 1940 Roosevelt secured a third term per election returns.
The film Rolling Thunder stars William Devane Linda Haynes and Tommy Lee Jones in a Lawrence Gordon production for American International Pictures. A former Vietnam POW returns home to find his wife and son murdered and seeks vigilante justice in bloody scenes. The story centers on a volatile revenge arc with minimal focus on the POW angle. The Iowa Theater screens the R rated drama highlighting brutal action and moral ambiguity.
The film features a traumatized veteran named Rane who seeks revenge after his wife and son are killed during a home invasion. The story blends violence and foreshadowing with a dark, disjointed plot and dim photography, leaving critics divided on its execution and performances.
Dr. John Huey Cedar Rapids orthopedic surgeon is reappointed for a six year term on the Cedar Rapids airport commission by Mayor Donald Canney. Huey has chaired the board since 1975 and joined the group in 1971. Other members include J F Hladley Jr Dr John Chapman Robert Blythe and Paul Howke with reports of Howke possible resignation and Doris Peick named as a probable replacement.
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