Mac and Adell the Unusual West Coast Couple
A reminiscence about Mac a West Coast salesman and Adell his bride begun in Iowa State University era. They married in Las Vegas chose gin over a ring and later faced parental disapproval but built prosperity and a life with two children. Mac mentored parolees and organized Bible and sales classes near Alcatraz in San Francisco.
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Mac
Iowa State University
San Francisco
Adell
Las Vegas
Iowa
Broadway
Asp
North Beach
Alcatraz
Eastern Iowa views on unconventional lives and a quirky chemist
Outlooks presents reflections on diverse personalities. It recounts Mac and Adell with their compassionate underdog zeal and bullfighting trips, then profiles Dr. S N a German born chemist with a severe bug phobia and two wardrobe sets. The narrator notes productivity amid quirks and hopes for gentle judgment of odd behavior.
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Macs
Mexico
Spain
Mac
Adell
S.N
Germany
I.G. Farben
U.S
Ernest E
Ugly toys spark moral fears in Toyland critique
A columnist laments a shift in Toyland toward violent and space age toys like Masters of the Universe and Transformers. The piece warns these products distort childhood imagination, urging morality plays and return to safer play forms. The author recalls a nightmare story of a child and a robot catalog scene.
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Ohio
Seattle
Milwaukee
Toyland
Masters of the Universe
Right and Gone Debates Over Quoting Public Officials
A Gazette discussion weighs whether officials should be quoted exactly when they misstate grammar. Editors argue for accuracy while others urge courtesy and acknowledgement that errors may be corrected in writing. The piece highlights repeated should have went usage by coach and player and questions reporters’ own error avoidance.
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Gazette
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New Jersey
Robert E. Brouillard
Cedar Rapids
Penick and
Ford
Rebco, Inc
Discount House
Kurt Rogahn
Keletor
Carl Kane
Burnett
Jim Mead
Linn-Mar
Rob Houghilin
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Linn County
Linwood
Beatty Bearle-Murdoch
Linwood Cemetery
Wilson Avenue
6Th Street
S.W
Murdoch’s
Wilson Ave. S.W
6Th St. S.W
Smulekoff’s
Smulekofff’s
Armstrong
Bigelow
Capitol
Coronet
Karastan
Lees
Milliken
Mohawk
Royal Scot
Tracery
Cut & Loop
Sun
Siulekoffs
3Rd Avenue
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