Disney style field portrait marks 60th for Mickey in Iowa
Wind grounds Ear Force One balloon as seven towns in north central Iowa celebrate Mickey Mouse's 60th birthday with a parade, fireworks, field artwork, and a fundraising effort to boost the farm economy. About 15,000 people attend. 10,000 T shirts and a postmark souvenir sell out quickly.
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Iowa
Sheffield
Ear Force One
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
Goofy
Dick Streeter
First United Methodist Church
Streeter
Minnesota
Area Community Commonwealth
Dougherty
Chap
Rockwell
Swaledale
Meservey
Thornton
Disneyland
Dick Pitzenberger
Bruce Rulapaugh
Grace Baptist Church
Pitzenberger
Disney
Buckley Praises Hoover At Iowa City Event
William F. Buckley Jr told an Iowa City audience Herbert Hoover was the most important U S domestic political figure between 1921 and 1932. He recalled his 1950s association with Hoover and excerpts from Hoover letters while noting Hoover’s views on public and private sector roles.
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Ken Sullivan
Iowa City
Herbert Hoover
U.S
William F. Buckley Jr
Buckley
America
Hoover
National Review
Public Broadcasting Service
New NBC News chief speaks on rivals and role
NBC News new head Michael Gartner, former Des Moines Register editor, tackles competition in a TV critics meeting in Los Angeles. He notes Brokaw and Rather differ and says he has no agenda while acknowledging big salaries for network anchors. He jokes about pay compared to Brokaw and a reporter.
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Los Angeles
Michael Gartner
Iowa
NBC News
Tom Brokaw
Dan
Gartner
CBS
Brokaw
Des Moines Register
News Division
Lawrence Grossman
Union reps meet on Doskocil bid for Wilson Farms takeover
Eight UFCW locals representing 5,000 Wilson and Farmstead workers met in Chicago to discuss Doskocil hostile takeover plans. Doskocil seeks to sell Wilson assets to pay off over 100 million borrowed, risking 5,000 jobs nationally and health benefits for retirees. Cedar Rapids plant jobs could drop by 1,800. union vows to defend contracts and benefits amid bankruptcy context.
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Chicago
United Food and Commercial Workers Unions
Wilson and Farmstead
Doskocil
Deskocil
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wilson Foods
Chemical Bank
UFCW
Cedar Rapids’ Wilson
Joe Coleman
P-3
United Food and Commercial Workers of
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Lewie Anderson
Wilson
Delaware Chancery
Wilson Foods Corp
Doscoskil
Farmstead Foods
Thought for today on sending information through people
A quotation attributed to Robert Oppenheimer, noting the idea that information travels best when wrapped in a person. This reflection from a renowned American physicist highlights human-centered communication and influence.
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Robert Oppenheimer
Three Iowa medical students earn joint M D Ph D degrees
Three University of Iowa College of Medicine students from the class of 1988 received joint M D and Ph D degrees through the Medical Scientist Training Program. Anna Janss of Rapid City completed the degrees last spring and now interns in internal medicine at Graduate Hospital Philadelphia before neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Albert Allen of Davenport and Emily Chen of Livermore Calif also earned the dual degrees. Allen plans a psychiatry residency at UI Hospitals and Clinics and is a former National Merit Scholar. Chen will pursue pediatrics residency at UC San Diego. her Ph D is in genetics. The program, begun in 1977 and funded by NIH, trains six to seven years for an M D Ph D. It is one of 28 such programs nationwide and now includes about 50 students.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Medicine
National Medical Scientist
Anna J. Janss
Rapid City
S.D
Graduate Hospital
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Albert John Allen
Davenport
Emily Chen
Livermore
Calif
Allen
University of Iowa
U of I
Iowa
American Medical Student Association
Chen
University of California, San Diego
National Institutes of Health
Ollie Day Cancelled in North hometown
In Philmont New York Oliver North Day is canceled for the second year. Mayor Philip Mossman says the town will hold a community day on August 27 instead. North sent a letter to his 1963 high school class. supporters had raised about $40 000 for a legal defense fund.
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Philmont
N.Y
Oliver North
Philip Mossman
Mossman
North
Larry
Taconic Hills High School
Reagan
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