Reporter in Cedar Rapids previews New Orleans convention chaos
Ken Sullivan covers the Republican convention from New Orleans while the writer notes heat, food fantasies, and media rhetoric. He critiques the pundit habit of saying Bush must define himself and predicts Bush will delay naming a running mate to provoke drama. The piece ends with culinary cravings and idle asks.
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Ken Sullivan
New Orleans
Cedar Rapids
Ken
America
Iowa
Orleans
White House
Michael Dukakis
George Bush
Bush
Ronald What
Atlanta
Dukakis-Jackson
Bush-Noriega
Veep
Noriega
Foster
Gazette Corrects Discovery Listings and School Board Plan
The Gazette corrects the Discovery section to include KHAK-FM and fixes the Cleveland School address to 2200 First Ave NW. HLV school board approves a vocational agriculture sharing program with BGM and Belle Plaine. Iowa Valley Marengo was misreported as a participant. The paper will publish corrections or clarifications as needed.
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Khak-Fm
Discovery
Cleveland School
First Ave
HLV School Board
BGM
Belle Plaine
Gazette
Iowa Valley
Marengo
Soviets to visit Iowa in two separate tours
Soviet officials arrive in Iowa for sessions with the Iowa Peace Institute at Luther College and Grinnell College and for sister state exchanges with Stavropol. The five member delegation led by Ivan T. Taranov will tour Cedar Rapids Waterloo Decorah Grinnell and Des Moines with meetings at the Chamber of Commerce and University of Iowa facilities and a John Deere factory visit.
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Donna Lee Olson
Iowa
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Peace Institute
Luther College
Grinnell College
Des Moines
Stavropol
Ivan T. Taranov
Terry Branstad
U.S
International Trade Bureau
Cedar Rapids Area
University of Iowa
Waterloo
John Deere
Georgi Grechko
Soviet Peace Committee
Decorah
Luther College Student Union
Ex-cancer patient wins Iowa Lotto jackpot
Verna Hart of West Des Moines won the $2.66 million Lotto jackpot and will receive after tax installments of $133,000. She plans to donate to Hospice of Central Iowa and take her mother on an Alaska cruise. Hart, a 64 year old cancer survivor, retired from Massey Ferguson and has no children.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Verna Hart
West Des Moines
Donald Hart
Central Iowa
Kate Colburn
Hart
Ruth
Sion
Ragweed pollen season warn of drought effects in Iowa City
An allergist from the University of Iowa warns that a dry spring may extend ragweed pollen in the air for six weeks starting in late summer. The pollen count on Monday was 85 with molds at 3343 per meter cubed, and avoidance plus meds are advised to relieve hay fever symptoms.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Zuhair Ballas
Department of Internal Medicine
U of I College of Medicine
Cedar Rapids Gazette subscription and mailing details
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Cedar Rapids
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AP News
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EfficiENCulture Assn Topsoil Appeal Mail Request
A reader urges action to save remaining topsoil, warning that half of the nation’s thin soil layer has eroded in the past century. The writer asks for information on how to help and includes a request to print name and address fields.
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