Asahi Shimbun Newsroom Vast in Size and Pace
A visitor notes Asahi Shimbun employs about 3,000 editorial staff, compared with U S papers, and prints 140 zoned editions daily. The front page features a daily poem, a beer machine in the cafe, and an employee bookstore in the newsroom.
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Columbus Citizen-Journal
Paoletti
Citizen-Journal
Paoletti’s
Ohio
Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
Japan
United States
Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
USA Today
New York Daily News
Fieve
Toshitada Nakae
Yomiuri Shimbun
Tokyo Bay
Old City
Elderly Man Admits Bank Robbery Aimed to Pay Bills
A 71-year-old man, James Luther Hogue of Marion, confessed to robbing Uniontown’s First State Bank of $400 to cover his monthly expenses. Police reported he handed a teller a note demanding the money and was pursued by bank president Ernie Brady before police arrived.
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Uniontown
Ala
James Luther Hogue
Marion
Robert Hester
Hester
Ernie Brady
First State Bank
Brady
Gazette subscription terms and mail notice
Editions and weeks, FANG for 52 weeks. Other States and U.S. Territories, $197.60 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights. Postmaster notice to Cedar Rapids, Iowa address for subscription inquiries.
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Fang
U .S. Territories
Associated Press
Reed
Sendedess Mies Hang
Cedar Rapids Inc
PO Bors
Cedar Rapids
Icebergs as Alaska export draw in Japan demand
Alaska eyes icebergs for beverage ice sold to Japan at about seven dollars per pound. Bergs 1 to 2 tons are harvested near Prince William Sound and shipped to Asia while Seattle stores offer seven pound bags. Officials discuss permits and conservation groups warn harvesting may affect wilderness recreation near Southeast Alaska.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Japan
Gary Gustafson
Far East
United States
Seattle
Mark Wilson
Wetco Inc
Prince William Sound
Diamond's Pure Alaskan Glacier Ice Co
Juneau
Feud Over Car Lights Sparks Fatal Florida Gun Battle
In Grand Ridge two families the Johnsons and Collinses clashed after lights from Collins vehicles shone into the Johnson home. Three Collins brothers were killed and three others wounded. a Johnson ally was charged with resisting arrest as authorities probe homicide versus self defense.
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Grand Ridge
Fla
Collins
Johnson
Collins Brothers
Diana Collins
Madison Collins
Diana
Herman Collins
Lawrence Collins
Laughton Collins
Carolyn Collins
Robert Johnson Jr
Ramone Salinas
John Dennis
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Mike Lanier
Johnsons
Collinses
Marsha Collins
Johnny McDaniel
Prince Andrew Heads Home Amid Baby Birth Suspicions
Prince Andrew arrived at Heathrow from Singapore amid speculation that wife Sarah Ferguson will deliver their first child this month. Buckingham Palace cites an expected August birth with a widely reported date of August 11 from Maj. Ronald Ferguson.
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Andrew
Prince Andrew
London
Duchess of York
Sarah Ferguson
Prince
Heathrow Airport
Singapore
HMS Edinburgh
Buckingham Palace
Maj
Ronald Ferguson
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Donald Kaul
Tribune Media Service
Bob Poe
Poe
Portage Glacier
Southeast
Alaska Conservation Council
Slender World
Bryant Gumbel
NBC
Network
Gumbel
Soviet Union
Natalia Makarova
Leningrad
Kirov Ballet
Moscow
Makarova
British Broadcasting Corp
Gazette Wire Services
Sarah Due
Klinge
Klingers
Sim
Iowa
Olympic
Cabot’s
Fifth Avenue S.E
Vicki Ciha
Christine Choinard-Sain
William Davis
Indian Creek
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