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First Bicentennial Visitor Arrives in Cedar Rapids
Medellin poet Alex Gonzalez, 28, the first guest under the Mid-America Bicentennial commission program, stays with the Melvin Struthers family in Cedar Rapids for seven weeks as part of the International Writing project. He plans to return to Colombia after stops in Cuba and Mexico, writes for El Colombiano, and notes U.S. industry community ties, newspaper freedom, and shared global problems.
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Mid-America
Cedar Rapids
Alex Gonzalez
Paul Engle
Iowa City
Gonzalez
Medellin
Colombia
Melvin Struthers
Forest Drive
U.S. Information Agency
U.S
Texas
Iowa
Cuba
Mexico
el Colombiano
United States
Gazette
Europe
Latin America
the Gazette
Mike Deupree
Deupree