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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1972
Page
4
A parent describes a dawdling five year old who struggles with dressing and packing for school. Frustration grows until a portable timer is used to signal the moment to prepare. The child then speeds up, completing tasks, dressing, brushing teeth, and catching the bus without nagging.
A reader laments shampoo bottle safety preferring glass baby shampoo bottles over plastic for child protection. Another notes hem length fixes to prevent fabric stretching for double knit garments. Also mentions a space moment: Walter Sehlrran orbited Earth a year ago.
Brighton councilor Gladys Morrison plans to defy a ban on smoking at council meetings. She notes many colleagues nap and object to stricter bans, asserting she does not seek to ban dozing.
Miss Minnie Loesch, 70, was found in the Santa Cruz mountains after two days and nights lost during a picnic trip with a group from San Francisco. She survived on two prunes and two dates, said she kept moving slowly and did not panic. Local search efforts followed her disappearance Wednesday, ending when she emerged near a small shopping center.
A reader laments loss of romance with husband who delays intimate moments for a TV show, while another asks Abby about the word reoccurring and its proper usage. Abby explains where to find reoccur and offers guidance, then a supervisor requests a stamped return envelope.
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