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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1985

Page

9

Dear Abby column readers clash over rude gift demand

A reader recounts a gift-grabbing encounter after a stranger delivered a graduation invitation and demanded a monetary gift. Abby labels the mother and daughter as ignorant and grasping, and endorses the reader’s calm response. The column also advises on how to address in laws and offers a Teen Booklet order.

Abby Barbara Mrs. Jones P.O Hollywood Calif

Vancouver Girl to Star in ABC TV Movie About Spelling Champion

Jade Chin, a 10-year-old from Vancouver, wins the lead in The Story of Linn Yann a TV movie for ABC about a Cambodian refugee who wins a U S spelling contest three years after fleeing her homeland Los Angeles Times Service

Jade Chin Vancouver Linn Yann ABC Cambodia United States

Classified Ads Super Quiz Answers Drawn From Section C

Readers are told that today’s Super Quiz answers appear within Classified Ads Section C. Clues reference a 12 year old girl possessed in 1973, a 1964 U S plane near Moscow, a 1944 coerced murder plot, and a 1955 harrowing schoolteacher experience.

1963: The wild exploits of an 18th century playboy

A compact portrait of a notorious 18th century playboy and his flamboyant adventures recounted in a 1963 retrospective. The piece highlights lavish escapades, social circles, and the era’s moral climate through curated anecdotes.

Theater showtimes and film listings across multiple venues

Listings reveal screening schedules at Theater Times Plaza Eastown Westdale Mall and Odeum Mount Vernon. Included are Silverado Pee wheels Big Adventure Ghostbusters Gremlins National Lampoons European Vacation Summer Rental Sesame Street Follow that Bird Year A 16 year veteran Efrem Zimbalist Jr quote Teen Wolf Back to the Future Volunteers Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with various runtimes and ratings.

Eastown National Lampoon Eastown II Westdale Mall ODEUM Mount Vernon

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