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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1978
Page
10
A Princeton report notes 20 percent of teenagers believe in ghosts after Halloween while up to 67 percent accept extrasensory perception and 64 percent believe in angels. The survey also measures belief in witches and clairvoyance among youths.
A Gallup Youth Survey shows teenagers more likely than adults to believe in ESP, angels, Nessie, Sasquatch, and other paranormal subjects. Belief rises with better schoolwork. boys 13–15 show higher Sasquatch and Nessie belief. Far West youths more often believe than national average. Tomorrow: Metro Youth Survey results.
Camp Fire Girls of the Iowana Council start a Friday 4 p.m. candy sale with 4000 members from Alburnett Anamosa Amana Cedar Rapids Central City College Community Hiawatha Iowa City Marion Mechanicsville Mount Vernon Lisbon Robins Solon Springville Tipton and Toddville. Items are chocolate-covered nut clusters buttermints and peanut crunch priced at 1 50. Proceeds fund Camp Huaga improvements and general program for girls. part stays with individual groups and rewards include camp certificates emblems charms. sale runs through Saturday November 25.
A reader laments naming his son Junior and the confusion caused by Senior and Junior distinctions. A Malibu couple defends living with eight children and delaying marriage while raising morals, prompting Abby to caution that long term family stability and marriage matter to children's views.
During a Sunday gathering of Linn County Birthright volunteers at Mrs. Stuart Bruzek home 123 31st St NW a Knights of Columbus donation of 1000 is presented to the group.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cottrell mark six decades of marriage with an open house Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. at State Bank Community Building hosted by their children Mrs. John Hillestad Theodore and Charles Lee Cedar Rapids and Vinton family members. They wed November 27, 1918 and have six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Sunday afternoon event honors Miss Sara Atwater of 2454 Teresa Drive SW. Hostess Mrs. Kenneth Pratt of 126 24th St NE leads nine guests with Pam Armstrong assisting. Miss Atwater engaged to Marc Rahn of 213 27th St NW. parents Mr. and Mrs. Jobie Atwater of Buffalo Missouri and Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Rahn of 1810 E Avenue NW attend.
The National Institute of Mental Health awards Iowa City a 762 471 grant to fund a five year study. Dr Ming T Tsang of the University of Iowa psychiatry department will lead the project to assess long term outcomes of patients labeled with atypical schizophrenia.
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