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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1991

Page

7

Supplies Dropped to Iraqi Refugees Near Turkish Borders

U S British and French aircraft dropped large amounts of aid to Iraqi refugees on the Turkish and Iranian borders. U S Marines arrived at Iskenderun bringing total relief personnel to about 8 000 with heavy lifting helicopters to aid camps. The Isikveren camp near Turkey's western border holds over 100 000 refugees as Kurdish leaders report Iraqi forces failing to break into rebel mountains.

Ankara Turkey U.S Iraq Iran Saddam Hussein Saddam Iraqi Radio 24Th Marine Expeditionary Unit Iskenderun U.S. Air Force Philip Crowley Crowley Isikveren

Memorial service honors Paul Engle at Iowa City

Speakers recalled Paul Engle a mentor at the Writers Workshop who shaped careers including Kurt Vonnegut and Clark Blaise. Engle died at O'Hare Airport while traveling to Europe. the Paul Engle International Fellowship Fund is now established with contributions to the UI Foundation.

Paul Engle Frank Vonnegut Writers’ Workshop Clark Blaise Iowa Engle Blaise Paul Hualing Lan Lan Wang O'Hare International Europe Paul Engle International U of I Foundation Iowa City

Local bowlers gear up for WIBC tournament week

Dottie Ritchie and other bowlers anticipate the WIBC event at Cedar Rapids Bowling Center. They see it as vacation time with five to seven days away from home and work. The MNB team from Merry Mix League is joining for the first WIBC, as Lansing Michigan will host in 1992.

WIBC Tucson Ariz Reno Nev Las Vegas Orange County Calif Hartford Dottie Ritchie MNB Westdale Bowling Center Lansing Mich Newhouse Cedar Rapids Bowling Center Darla Blick Barb Munson Reno-Carson City Blick Elick

Paul Engle Poem Memorial Portrait

Attendees at Sunday's memorial received a copy of a self portrait poem titled Paul Engle. The excerpts reveal a conflicted view of Engle as husband and father and a blunt, volatile persona alongside lines about poetry, violence, and defiance.

Owa City Paul Engle Engle Paul

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