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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1979

Page

9

Dear Abby Advice on Family Dilemmas and Sales Trickery

A reader seeks guidance on whether to reveal a father's alleged affair, while another asks how to handle a fake prize call. Abby counsels silence about the affair, urging nonjudgment and forgiveness, and advises verifying contest offers with the Better Business Bureau and declining unwanted “free” services.

Mrs. K Better Business Bureau

Do Genes Shape Crime Trends in Detected Inheritance

New York AP reports that psychologist Sarnoff Mednick of the University of Southern California cites studies suggesting heredity may raise criminal predisposition. He notes a Denmark adoption study analyzing about 7,000 of 14,435 children indicates higher conviction rates when the real father was a criminal, not the adopted one.

New York Sarnoff Mednick University of Southern California Denmark Mednick

Four Rack Total Time Limit Is Twenty Minutes

A note shows a game or puzzle item titled Four Rack Total Time Limit and sets a 20 minute cap. The fragment implies a constrained activity with a single deadline. No additional names or organizations are readable.

SSA vows tougher stance on defections by workers

Washington AP reports Social Security Commissioner Stanford Ross says the agency will take a more aggressive approach to curb defections by state and local government workers. Alaska recently dropped coverage for 14 000 employees, the first state to do so, as Ross notes no private plan matches benefits and tax burden rises.

Washington (Ap Stanford Ross Alaska Ross

Boiling Nuts and the Capybara Size Fact

The text notes walnuts pecans and almonds can be boiled for three to five minutes then cooled and cracked to remove meat whole. It also states the capybara is the largest rodent living in the Amazon rainforest reaching about four feet in length and up to 100 pounds.

Amazon Rain Forest National Geographic

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