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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1981
Page
7
The piece weighs the high cost of new cars amid steep rates and fuel costs. It advises two paths: lease-buy a new car to stage payments with an option to buy later, or buy a used car for economy. It warns to read leases carefully and compare model payments and resale values.
The Agriculture Department and food marketing alert forecast a favorable month for fresh fruit with abundant grapes Bartlett pears and purple plums. Expected plentiful items include chicken turkey pork eggs milk lemons limes prunes rice and dry beans while peanuts remain light but crops show a 60 percent recovery. Beef apples canned fruit juices potatoes onions beans corn spinach and tomatoes appear adequately stocked though frozen potatoes frozen lima beans green peas and some canned beans may be scarce.
A sprawling listing shows area TV stations and cable channels from Cedar Rapids to Rock Island with CBS NBC ABC IPBN and other networks. It notes channels including WMT WHBF WO Ames WOC KWWL KCAG WKBT KTTC LaCrosse KCCI KIIN Des Moines Iowa City WQAD WHO Moline KRIN KDUB Dubuque WGN WTBS HBO USA CBN ETC and Reuters News plus local stock sports and education blocks.
A sprawling listing shows a dense mix of programs across channels with titles like M A S H, Family Feud, The Tonight Show, Bonanzas, and various HBO specials. It notes special items such as Avalanche Express and The Defiant General while detailing college football matchups and classic movie airings.
TV Tonight features That's Incredible segments including a karate expert attempting to break an arrow at 130 mph a man with an unborn twin lodged in his brain a life saving deep sea diving robot and a new invention for blind readers at 7 p m on ABC The Two of Us stars Peter Cook and Mimi Kennedy at 7 30 p m on CBS NBC Movie follows Barbara Harris Bruce Dern with William Devane in Hitchcock thriller Family Plot at 8 p m on NBC
In WEST GLACIER Montana a grizzly nipped a fisherman on the nose and wrist. Tony Malone of Columbia Falls played dead to escape further injury after the bear, sniffing his gear, got a fish hook stuck in its nose. He was treated for minor injuries and given a tetanus shot.
A Sunday Parade Magazine feature delves into the hidden narrative of Poland's political transformation. It investigates lesser known figures, timelines, and regional impacts shaping the country’s 20th century history.
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