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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1976

Page

4

Mercy Hospital Pulse Promotes a Mouse Collection

Mary Nunevitaker, Mercy Hospital administrator, has built a five year mouse collection of over 40 ceramic, shell, glass, and wooden pieces along with a live German mouse. Gifts from family and coworkers fill her apartment with mouse items including cards, pins, key chains, a memory box, and display plans. Her grandfather is crafting display cases to house the collection.

Mary Nunevitaker Mercy Hospitel Youshegin Mary Germany Spain Buslia Macy California

New Mortgage Plan Aids Young Homebuyers

HUD Secretary Carla A. Hills announced a new graduated mortgage payment plan effective November 1 to help young couples buy homes with FHA insured loans. The five plans offer lower initial payments with increases phased in over five or ten years, then level payments. Details apply to Section 203 and Section 224 programs, with formal publication in the Federal Register.

Housing and Urban Development Carla A. Hills Hills Ford HUD Federal Register

Lotto Craze Attracts 50 Million Gamblers

PARIS UPI report details a pan European lottery craze known as Lotte or lotto. The game blends bingo and number play with six chosen numbers from 1 to 49 and a national draw. State-run lotteries dominate, with top prizes reaching $1.4 million in Italy and $676,500 in Finland. Odds of hitting all six are 1 in 13,963,816.

Paris UPI West Germany Austria Marie Theresa Hapzburg Antoni Novotny Switzerland Italy Finland Europe Janis Fridi Fodi Lotto Germany

Greek opposition seeks bar on Agnew as undesirable alien

Greek opposition deputy Konstantine Komidakis submits a bill to declare Spiro Agnew persona non grata in Greece. He argues Agnew’s presence provokes public sentiment and insults Greek pride due to ties with former junta and colonialist capitalists. Agnew, now a public relations man for J. P. Latsis, has made multiple Middle East trips via Greece.

Athens UPI Spiro Agnew Greece Constantine Komidakis Agnew Komibotakis Agnew Curently Jobue Latsis Middle East

Soviet Union approves loan for Egyptian High Aswan project

On this date in 193B the Soviet Union approved a loan to Egypt to build the High Aswan project on the Nile after the United States withdrew support for the undertaking.

Soviet Union Egypt High Aswandem Nile

Time Standard Timezones Reach Across America and the World

The article recalls Charles F Dowd's 1883 proposal for standard time zones, adopted nationwide on November 18 1884, replacing local times. It notes varied city practices, railroad clock conflicts, and regional pushback before the transition, linking to Greenwich Mean Time as a global reference.

New York United States Charles Feedinand Dowd Rulvn Watch Co Dowd Saratoga N.Y Congress New York City el Elty Hall Philadelphia Chicago Washington Meridian Chester A. Arthur Greenwich London England Cape Kennedy Saudi Arabia

Guitar Teachers Fret Over Fate of New Model

Euclid Ohio AP reports two guitar teachers Paul Mil Wey and Ralph Sibert propose a movable fingerboard to ease beginner soreness and improve placement. They claim a soft yielding pad and plastic fingerboard could rival traditional hardwood, but major makers declined.

Euclid Ohio Paul Mil- Wey Ralph Sibert Sinert Misley Berther —_Sibert Ing Tool Tle Sibert Wil Prests U.S Japan

Carter Interview Makes Playboy Sellout Sparks Collector Hype

In Chicago Playboy spokesman Lee Guttlieb says the November Carter interview could make the issue a collector's item. He notes a virtual sellout and exhausted wordout supplies with six to seven million copies printed, despite paper shortages limiting a larger run. A 1929 stock market plunge is noted in a historical aside.

Chicago Playboy Magazine Jimmy Carter Nixon Johnson Lee Guttlieb Playboy Gottlieb Carter

Win Ant Bridge Bid Ends In Four Hearts Trial

The bidding sequence shows South overcalls with three spade bids then attempts a four heart contract. Four hearts would fail unless the defense erred, as West chose a fourth-best defense against the no trump plan. The defense mishaps were needed for the contract to succeed.

Unclear query on opening club position in game

Fragmented reader note from Florida asks about opening club in third position. Text is garbled with unrelated phrases and incomplete game details, but hints at evaluating play and partner involvement. No coherent event or names to anchor a proper news-style summary.

Florida aKoaxe Othess

Bridge Decision in Hand With Finesse by Boris Shapiro

A bridge problem features Nick Robinson and East playing a diamond sequence after a spade discard. South weighs finessing the diamond king against a heart layout 3-2, choosing to let the king hold to avoid going down, as Boris Shapiro notes.

Fense Nck Robinson East West Dlaifonds Dumny King of Diamonds Eswe Ace Diaimond South Boris Shapiro

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