Eponyms and a Kid Book in a Summer Briar Patch
A reader muses on why certain eponyms endure while others fade, cites examples from Penn to Gomorrah, and reviews Teach Me To Play a first bridge book by Jude Goodwin and Don Ellison. The column also notes Iowa football media day heat, gas prices, a 1947 Bentley Post reunion, and Ohio peaches driving visitors to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jude Goodwin
Don Ellison
Prando Publications
Longleaf
Roswell
Iowa
Hawkeye
Kinnick Stadium
Australia
Fry
George Wine
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coralville
James Sanders
Col. Sanders
Anna
Texas
Sanders
Cincinnati
Bentley Post
Cincy
American Legion
Los Angeles
Daniels Park
Nationals
Don Zimmer
Chicago Cubs
Jim Frey
Cubs
U S research vessel cruises Soviet waters on joint expedition
Washington AP A U S research ship the Thomas Washington operates with two Soviet scientists completed a 33 day cruise above an undersea plateau off Kamchatka near Meday and Attu. The voyage seeks clues to ancient volcanic activity 100 million years ago and tests new superpower cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Peter Lonsdale
Thomas
Kamchatka Peninsula
Meday
Raab Columnist Resigns Over Harsh Attacks on Pomerantz
Raab, a Daily Iowan columnist, quits after editors urged him to quit targeting Marvin Pomerantz and the Amanas. Publisher William Casey and editor Chris Lamb defend no hard censorship, while Raab acknowledges his persona drew ire from both targets and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerantz
Daily Iowan
William Casey
Raab
Lamb
Amanas
The
Swift
Jonathon Swift
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Scott Raab
Marvin Pomerantz
State Board of Regents
Amana
University of Iowa
U of I Writer’s Workshop
Chris Lamb
Fsaab
Transplant Patient In Critical Condition In Iowa City
Donna Gordon a 27 year old liver transplant patient from Cedar Rapids remained in intensive care in critical condition three weeks after a coma at University of Iowa Hospitals. Doctors say she is near death after a cardiac arrest July 26 following a hospital intravenous tube connection. Friends and family held local fund raising events to cover her medical costs. Gordon received the liver transplant June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Donna Gordon
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Hospitals
Gordon
Robert Corry
Cedar Rapids Loses bid for 1990 NHPA convention
The National Horseshoe Pitchers Association selected Atlanta over Cedar Rapids by 180 to 126 votes to host the 1990 convention at Stone Mountain. If Cedar Rapids had won, about 1,500 pitchers would have gathered July 23 to August 3, injecting roughly $1.3 million into the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Horseshoe Association
Hawkeye Downs
Atlanta
Eau Claire
Wis
Spearfish
S.C
Buell
California
Des Moines
Carnes
Convention
Stone Mountain
Hit and run suspected in death of Cedar Rapids motorcyclist
A 25 year old Cedar Rapids rider, Brian Rupp, died after his motorcycle struck construction barricades on Highway 30. Police believe a second vehicle passed and dragged him, as injuries were inconsistent with a simple crash. Rupp was not wearing a helmet and had a blood alcohol level of .217. Investigators urge witnesses to call the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Smith Lazette
Cedar Rapids
Highway 30
Brian Rupp
18Th Ave
Louis Stepanek
Stepanek
Rupp
Linn County
Percy Harris
Harris
C Street
Police Department
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Gus Schrader
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Sears
Old
Roebuck
Holy Land
Sodom
Gomorrah
Chamber of Commerce
Shirley Hart Mitchell
Maumee
Ohio
Shirley
Doris
Jack Hart
Parkview Court SE
Attu
Lonsdale
Moscow
Hawaii
USPS
Third Avenue SE
Uss
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Sanyo
World Radio
Daily Lowan
Mary
U of I
Richard Remington
Rolf
Mid-American Group Ltd
Cleveland
Sport
Seventeen
Marv Pomerantz
1St. Ave. S.E
16Th Ave
Wardway Plaza
Nutri
Vlouringa
Center Point Rd
Kimball Ave
Waterloo
North America
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