Thank-you notes span decades reflect civility decline
A grandmother recalls two thank-you notes from 1950 and 1989. A 9-year-old wrote a grateful letter for a $1 Christmas gift, praising her grandparents with earnest punctuation. Decades later a high school graduate sends a late $100 graduation thank-you on a pre printed card, prompting reflections on changing civility, literacy, and media culture.
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Margaret
Virginia
Ann
Jerry
Gramma
New York
Led Zeppelin
Jack Paar
W.C
Co creator of Sesame Street Joseph Raposo dies
Joseph Raposo, co creator of Sesame Street and a Grammy winning composer, died Sunday at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville from complications of malignant lymphoma. He was 51 and would have turned 52 Wednesday. Raposo earned five Grammys, produced gold and platinum records, and received an Oscar nomination for The Great Muppet Caper music.
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New York
Joseph Raposo
Raposo
Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville
New York City
Great Muppet Caper.” Raposo
Frank Sinatra
Barbra Streis
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Announced
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options with carrier weekly rates of 2.85 dollars and motor route 3.00 dollars. Mail prices include 12.80 for 4 weeks and 141.40 for 52 weeks within Iowa and 197.60 for 52 weeks for other states and U.S. territories. The Associated Press retains republication rights for local and AP dispatch content.
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Coder Rapide Geant
Oarid Eerie Beer
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Galileo satire sparked by science writers contest
Dozens of letters to science writers in San Francisco during AAAS meeting sparked playful debates. Winners include a Cambridge woman joking about frog mating to illustrate bizarre ideas while others propose fantastical Mars civilizations and moon myths.
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Los Angeles
Mars
Earth
Detroit
Northern California
Science Writers Association
American Association For the Advancement of Science
San Francisco
James Cornell
Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics
Cambridge
Mass
Malaysia
Cornell
Cincinnati
Red
Charlie Petit
San Francisco Chronicle
National Association of Science Writers
Yasoon
Petit
Manson Replies to Nebraska Teen in Parole Letter
Charles Manson sent a decipherable postcard to 14 year old Lario Alcorta of Grand Island Nebraska answering questions about his future and probation. He offered reflections on others opinions and his own situation while a parole hearing neared at San Quentin. Alcorta, writing for a journalism project, had followed Manson's notoriety from television and Helter Skelter.
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Grand Island, Neb
Charles Manson
Manson
California
San Quentin Prison
Lario Alcorta
Alcorta
Jan Jakubowski
Walnut Junior High
Parade of mobile homes moves along Broad Street in Columbus
A parade of twenty mobile homes was moved to city owned lots on Columbus east side. They will be renovated and sold to first time buyers, marking the start of a city program to provide affordable housing.
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Broad Street
Columbus
Ohio
Drought insurance settlement payments set for farmers
Lawyers say 7,484 farmers from Iowa Illinois Ohio Kentucky Indiana Tennessee Minnesota Michigan Missouri Wisconsin will receive payment notices and initial 50 percent checks next month. The $48 million Chubb settlement with farmers follows action against Good Weather International Corp. and will be split with the plaintiffs if approved. The case heads to trial in Cincinnati this week.
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Cincinnati
Chubb Corp
Lawrence A. Kane Jr
Chubb
Warren
N.J
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Good Weather International Corp
Good Weather
U.S. District Court
Ice cream for dogs hits market in Detroit area
Seymour Greenstein of Golden Valley Dairy in Oak Park introduces Frosty Paws a non-dairy dog ice cream. Retailers in Detroit area will stock three or four cup packages as dog owners show interest despite giggles from shoppers.
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Detroit
Seymour Greenstein
Golden Valley Dairy
Oak Park
Greenstein
Ohio
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