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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1985
Page
2
A columnist reflects on the Iowa Lottery’s first million dollar drawing, critiquing its televised mess, the winner Bill Watson, and Ed Stanek. The piece contrasts lottery excess with football ethics noting Clemson Maryland chaos and Harvard Penn civility, arguing for perspective and restraint.
A bereaved mother and a hospital chaplain write to the Iowa City City Council objecting to a proposed 114 percent increase in infant burial fees at Oakland Cemetery. Also mentions sewer-clarification statements in Cedar Rapids and other items.
John McElwee, executive officer at John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, champions steady progress. Under his leadership assets rose 50 percent in three years as he sticks his neck out to advance the company. Money, page 6B.
Soviet KGB agent defector Vitaly Yurchenko returns to Moscow to a hero's welcome amid U.S. confusion over his motives. The fate in Russia may reveal if he defected willingly or was a double agent successfully playing both sides.
Major networks deploy top anchors to Geneva for Reagan Gorbachev talks with ABC NBC and CBS sending Brokaw Jennings Rather Lehrer Shaw Gumbel Hartman Sawyer Moyers Stahl Chancellor Kalb Will Bell and Koppel skip Geneva due to time differences while 150 staffers prepare window reports and briefings.
A government panel chaired by Stig Ahs says Swedish fathers should share child caring and domestic duties with working wives to improve men's emotional wellbeing. It notes 83 percent of women with preschool children work, while many fathers stay employed and spend little time on housework.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette provides publication details including address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 and subscription rates for carrier and mail editions. It notes AP exclusive republication rights and directs postmasters to send address changes to The Gazette Company P.O. Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
Ron Howard receives National Association of Theater Owners director of the year award in New Orleans. Michael J. Fox Clint Eastwood Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito also honored with top acting and merit recognitions.
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