Concord visit sparks debate over Paul Revere myth
In Concord Massachusetts the author reflects on Longfellow's Paul Revere poem and the riders William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. The piece notes Revere's capture, brass work on Old Ironsides, and family losses, while praising the Concord Museum and the historic bridge site.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul Revere
Longfellow
Middlesex
Revere
Colony
William Dawes
Boston
Samuel Prescott
Old Longfellow
Dr. Sam
Apollos de Revoire
Paul
Concord Bridge
Museum
First Candy Bar Claim and Local Obituaries Mentioned
A Gazette column recalls a sign claiming St Stephen New Brunswick as home of the first candy bar and mourns friends who died Ken Bastian Jr and Bob Gillam. The writer recalls Ken and Ed Bastian and Kenny’s Drake Tulane careers and past boxing bouts including a 1936 Classic Gloves match involving Del.
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St. Stephen
New Brunswick
Ken Bastian Jr
Kenny
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Iowa
Drake
Tulane
Ken
Ann
Bob Gillam
Bob
Del
Tait Cummins
Earl Carr
McKinley
Chicago
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink
The Gazette highlights agricultural commitment and environmental efforts by printing with soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle papers at City Carton on Sixth Street and to use recycling locations near them.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Local photo reprint sales line
You can purchase reprints of local photographs published in The Gazette. Call 398-8322 for details.
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Gazette
Call
Tapes reveal Brown calling Nixon nuts and psycho
In a taped Kennedy telephone talk after Browns 1962 California governor win, Edmund Pat Brown calls Richard Nixon nuts and psycho. Kennedy replies that Nixon belongs in the nut house and couches the last farewell speech as proof.
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Brown
JFK
Nixon
SAN Francisco
Edmund
Pat’ Brown
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
The
San Francisco Examiner
Two-story outhouse in Gays Illinois preserved since 1984
The Gays Illinois two story outhouse built around 1866 sat attached to a general store for a century. After the store was torn down in 1984 the village board kept the outhouse and maintains it. A resident notes the top and bottom holes are offset with a hidden wall revealing the difference.
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Ill
Nancy Goodwin
Netanyahu accuses Arafat of making a farce of Wye accord
In an AP interview in Jerusalem Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasts Yasser Arafat for undermining the Wye River peace agreement by stirring street riots and threatening statehood He says no further Israeli troop withdrawals will occur while anti Israel violence continues and urges U S intervention before Clinton visit.
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Yasser Arafat
Wye River
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Associated Press
United States
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FOX Eye
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Cathy
Vision Institute
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Abry Hearing Services
Best of Iowa Credit Union
Castle Sports Com
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Fox Eye Institute
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P.C. Iowa
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Iowa City
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Medicenter West
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Papich-Kuba Funera
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Prairie Creek Nursery
Rex Brandstatter
Salvation Army
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Superior Home Care
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University of Iowa Center
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