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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1968
Page
1
Dear Abby answers readers on a wife’s wigs causing identity issues, a boy returning a nickel for a stolen gum, a plate licking husband, and the perils of naming conflict between a father and son. Abby advises honesty, correction, and humor.
Los Angeles Sister Mary Corita Kent, a former Iowan renowned for Op Pop serigraphs, resigns from the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and will continue teaching at Immaculate Heart College while requesting to be called Corita Kent. She says personal reasons drive the move and distance from church hierarchy disputes may have influenced her, though she maintains the decision is personal. Kent remains on sabbatical in Boston, aged 50, and plans to pursue a different path.
In Rio de Janeiro a 25 year old woman with hydrophobia from rabies receives an experimental brain operation. Surgeons insert tubes and pump hyperimmune gamma globulin in hopes of saving her life as rabies causes many deaths in Brazil.
A West Coast school reportedly uses a cattle prod to calm temperamental children with a few electric shocks described as very successful. The report notes mixed reactions to the method and mentions a November 9 incident as part of the ongoing discussion on discipline in schools.
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