Cedar Rapids recalls Billy Joe Davidson bonus baby tale
In Cedar Rapids memories a 1951 rookie Billy Joe Davidson is linked to the first $120000 bonus for a baseball player. The left handed pitcher never saw big league action with Cleveland, ending with a 1 4 season and a 7.0 ERA. The column notes the hype and a possible arm injury and follows other reader notes and local sports history.
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Nuey
Tirse
Cedar Rapids
Riley
Memorial Stadium
Life Magazine
The
Gazette
Kerby Farrell
Billy Joe Davidson
Troy Davidson
Clinchfield
Marion
N.C
Billy Joe
Hank Greenberg
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
Bob Feller
Indianapolis
Wilt Browning
Asheville
Citizen-Times
Davidson
Indians
Browning
Greensboro
Josephine Russell
First St
Anamosa
Alan Courtney
J.R. Ogden
Milton J. Koch
Circle Dr
Springville
Attapulgus
Universal Engineering
Wes Ralston
First Ave
Wes
Football Writers Association of America
Montreal
Stars
Green Bay
Lute Olson
Arizona
Ted Johnson
Ely
Tucson Citizen
Lute
Gregory
Stacy M. Reed
William S Burroughs dies at 83 in Lawrence Kansas
Beat writer William S Burroughs died at age 83 after a heart attack. His life and Naked Lunch influenced Beat figures like Kerouac and Ginsberg, sparked obscenity court battles, and defined a rambling stream of consciousness style that challenged postwar American norms.
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Kansas City
William S. Burroughs
Burroughs
New York City
New Orleans
Mexico City
Paris
London
Africa
South America
Norman Mailer
America
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Kerouac
Ginsberg
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Net Snitch tracks kids online in parental software push
Boston AP reports a new program named NetSnitch records a teen user’s web visits and time spent, letting parents view sites later without blocking content. Critics label it Orwellian, while creators say it supports trust over censorship and guide parent child discussions.
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Boston
Marc Rotenberg
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Stanley Wallerstein
Jacinta Cullen
NetSnitch
NetNanny
Wallerstein
Cullen
Commitment to the future The Gazette promotes recycling with soybean ink
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its eco effort printing with soybean ink and recycled news print and invites readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton 4250 Sixth St SW or other local recycling sites. The paper, established 1883, lists subscriptions, delivery rates, postal changes, and AP republication rights.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Caty
Third Avenue SE
Cedar
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Ramsey ad reveals letters from ransom note
JonBenet Ramsey parents ran a full page ad in the Boulder Daily Camera with handwritten ransom note phrases. Newsweek says they will release more phrases and have private investigators surveilling unnamed suspects in the 6 year old’s death. John Ramsey steps up his own inquiry.
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Ramsey
Denver
JonBenet Ramsey
John
Patsy Ramsey
Newsweek
News
Ramseys
Boulder
Jon Benet
John Ramsey
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Les Marquart Longbranch
Iings
Iowa City
Medicenter
West Nova University
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Peace Brigades
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Slender World
St. John’s Greek Orthodox
St. Ambrose University State Historical Society
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Zimmerman Ford Mitsibushi
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