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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1973
Page
7
A reader describes an employee who may be stealing and contemplates firing her with a gentle warning about returning items. Another asks if sympathy cards were appropriate after a stillbirth. A third discusses a father’s harsh spanking of children and seeks guidance to stop the abuse and protect the family dynamics.
Geraldine Ewart recounted a tense abduction by two escaped federal prisoners Wilmer B. Scott and William Sloan. She described honking, braking, and pleading for help as others nearby did not intervene. Six people were later killed in related incidents, and Ewart blamed bystanders who failed to act.
Helen Alpert in Retirement Living lists seven traps that can ruin retirement. She urges readers to avoid chasing work, finances, health neglect, relocation, living with relatives, and social withdrawal, warning these choices invite loneliness and dependence.
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