Metaphysical musings mix baseball lore and cats
A veteran columnist muses on baseball deeper than TV glitz, praising Molitor's 39 game hitting streak while arguing only all time greats reach 40. He weaves in Cullen Murphy's Atlantic piece on cat versus dog America, then pivots to politics, doubting Pat Schroeder's presidential prospects and noting Des Moines roots as a hurdle.
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Milwaukee
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Pete Rose
George Sisler
Ty Cobb
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Atlantic
Cullen Murphy
United States
Republic
America
Willa Cather
Lassie
Leon Leonwood Bean
Tama Janowitz
Blade Runner
Murphy
Short Fat Guys Road Race Ends In Tie At Terrebone Oregon
About 40 contestants competed in the first Short Fat Guys Road Race at Terrebonne Ore. The finish was tied after a stop line allowed all to finish together. Winners drank beer and ate Twinkies at Sand Dagger Saloon. Organizer Bob Ward 69 praised the casual, mixed finish while noting liberal cheating and wide body size range among entrants. Some women wished to join and Ward joked they might return with protest signs.
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Ore
Bob Ward
Central
Oregon
Crooked River Ranch
Ward
Suvuler
Vintner Wins First At Iowa State Fair With Concord Wine
Vintner Jack Harville Sr. won a first place with concord grape wine at the Iowa State Fair. He learned winemaking from chemists at Penick & Ford and uses grapes from Minnie Stritt of Lisbon. His son and daughter chose the entry. judges assess color aroma bouquet and taste across 12 categories. Harville also recently won in auto restoration, with his 1932 Par tarville, and his family are national antique auto judges.
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al Swegie
Iowa
Hytone
Des Moines
Three Tuns
Harville
Automobile R Estoration
Antique Auto Club
Marshalltown
AIDS exposed Ray family seeks footing after Arcadia fire
Offers of help pour in for Clifford and Louise Ray and their three AIDS exposed sons Ricky Robert Randy and Candy as a suspicious blaze Friday destroyed their Arcadia home. The family remains at an undisclosed location outside DeSoto County while weighing options after threats and a boycott followed the boys reinstatement controversy. The Ray boys hemophiliacs exposed to HIV via a blood factor and they seek safety and schooling amid community tensions.
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Arcadia
Fla
Clifford
Louise Ray
Ricky
Robert
Randy
Candy
Rays
DeSoto County
Amily
Bill Earl
Earl
Richard Gere birthday mystery in Cedar Rapids crowd
Richard Gere celebrates his birthday in obscurity as he hides in Cedar Rapids and rural Iowa preparing for The Farm of the Year. Filming begins Tuesday and runs through October, with details kept private.
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C.R
Richard Gere
Philadelphia
Gere
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
McKinley High School Reunion in Cedar Rapids Honours Ed Horak Jr
Ed Horak Jr of Cedar Rapids is praised for organizing the All McKinley High School Reunion with a committee of eight. The Five Seasons city gives thanks for the civic effort and successful event. Horak Jr. is noted as manager of Four States Machinery Company and Chicago Metals.
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McKinley High School
C.R
Ed Horak, Jr
Ed Horak Jr
Cedar Rapids
Four States Machinery Company
Chicago Metals
McKinley
All McKinley
Cedar Rapids promotes meetings and conventions help
Picture yourself here Cedar Rapids is a great place to have a meeting or a convention and you may be just the person to steer your organization toward a good thing. We'll work with you to make all arrangements go as smoothly as possible from hotel rooms to meeting sites to hospitality and entertainment.
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Cedar Rapids
Nelsons widow recalls Yorks excesses in Nelson custody clash
Kristin Harmon Nelson discusses years of drinking and drugs in Ricky Nelson marriage and custody fight with Mark Harmon. She says leaving was to protect their son Sam and notes she has been sober since 1983. Harmon, Pam Dawber, and others settled Aug. 18 with visitation rights for Harmon.
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On York
Ricky Nelson
Mark Harmon
Kristin Harmon Nelson
People ‘Magazine
Nelson
Harmon
Pam Dawber
Correction issued on bank sale affecting MorAmerica creditors
Corrects a prior Gazette story stating that the sale of Peter Bezanson’s 82 percent stake in City National Bank of Cedar Rapids was not part of MorAmerica Financial Corp and Morris Plan Co Iowa Chapter 11 actions. Proceeds will repay creditors under an agreement approved April 11 by U S District Judge Michael Melloy.
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Peter Bezanson
City National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
MorAmerica Financial Corp
Morris Plan Co
Iowa
Bezanson
City National Bank
MorAmerica
U.S
Michael Melloy
Sunday Gazette
Incor
MorAmerica and
Morris Plan
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