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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1997
Page
2
Mike Royko reflects on pipe and cigar habits from the 1950s onward, noting how seeking maturity through smoking altered personality. He mocks Walter Pidgeon and Milton Berle style puffs, critiques yuppie cigar culture, and questions the fad’s social signaling and affordability.
Bill Cosby spent time with fans and strangers after a charity show in Kansas City inviting them to sit, pose, and share jokes. He also privately laughed with Hillary Rodham Clinton before addressing reporters about his son Ennis’s murder, saying he felt fine and changing the subject.
An AP report notes President Clinton’s hair thinning as he nears middle age, with his once full head now showing thinner strands and more scalp in certain lights. It contrasts with Vice President Gore’s growing bald spot and cites historical quips and hair transplant anecdotes about politicians.
Mike Deupree writes a regular column on page 2A three times weekly in The Gazette. The column is described as one Lowan's perspective on the world and how it does or doesn't work.
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