Louie Louie comma removal sparks Times style shift
Bob Greene recalls how Richard Berry settled the title punctuation for Louie Louie and how John Rockwell of the New York Times shaped a headline using no comma. The piece notes Berry’s claim the lyrics aren’t dirty and Greene’s Gazette column framing the wider cultural impact.
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Earth
Louie
John Rockwell
New York Times
Rockwell
Mr. Rockwell
The
Kingsmen
America
Louie Louie
Richard Berry
Berry
Nagle announces bid for a third term in Congress
U S Representative Dave Nagle of Iowa 3rd District formally announced Friday at an Iowa City Library news conference his plan to seek a third term. He cited health care, higher education aid, and local economic development as key priorities and predicted a national health care plan within two to three years.
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Dave Gosch
Iowa
Iowa City
U.S
Dave Nagle
Nagle
Iowa City Public Library
St. Paul
Minn
St. Louis
United States
Cedar Falls
Congress
House
Democratic
Jeff Abbas
Aplington
Abbas
Toledo
Waterloo
Mason City
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Grinnell Students Turn Condoms Into Artwork
Grinnell College hosted its first Condom Sculpting Contest with ten entries exploring safe sex themes. Winners included "Condoments" and "The Dresser" as pieces used condoms in creative symbolism.
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Grinnell
Dave Gosch
Iowa
Grinnell College
Kate McDougall
Rochester
Minn
Carolyn Trepka
St. Paul
Laura Clymore Light
Polly Harvey-McLachlan
Harvey McLachlan
Melissa Green
Long Island
N.Y
Bruce Nissen
San Francisco
IE customers face higher bills by March in interim rate hike
The Iowa Utilities Board approved an interim 6 percent rate increase for Iowa Electric Light and Power Co, aiming to raise residential bills by about 3.70 dollars per month by late March. If the full 25 million dollar request is approved next fall, average monthly bills could climb from 59.89 to 64.96 dollars.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Iowa Utilities Board
Iowa Electric
Utilities Board
OCA
Correction notice corrects burglary dates and obituary error
The Gazette corrects burglary dates for the Olin school theft of six thousand dollars in equipment and amends an obituary misreport. It states the last WWI veteran in Belle Plaine, once claimed dead, is alive. Arthur Allen remains living while Doc Whalen resides in Cedar Rapids.
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Olin
Ekk
Belle Plaine
Arthur Allen
James Harris
American Legion Post
Doc Whalen
Cedar Rapids
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