Radio History in Cedar Rapids Collin Station Spotlight
The Collins Radio complex on May's Island hosts the world's largest single sideband facility. Since the 1950s it supported presidential communications and military links, aiding SAC, TAC, and Arctic expeditions, with notable flights and broadcasts marking its storied past.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Arnold Palmer
Henry Kissinger
Arthur Godfrey
Charles Kuralt
CBS
Collins Radio Complex
Collins
Liberty Station
Ray Ruggiero
Admiral Byrd
United States
Antarctic
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Ruggiero
Air Force
Tactical Air Command
Collins Radio Station Powers Global Military Communications
The Collins station near Cedar Rapids pioneered single sideband voice communications after World War II, enabling direct commander-to-commander talks. It supports 95 percent reliability worldwide, handles 750000 watt output, backs offshore rigs and ships, and recently aided a coast guard rescue after a sinking boat.
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Arthur Collins
Collins Radio
Cedar Rapids
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Ruggiero
Collins
Curtis LeMay
Coast Guard
Department of Justice
Early Colonist Buys Benjamin Franklin's Grandmother
An early American colonist purchased Benjamin Franklin's grandmother for 20 pounds as an indentured servant.
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Benjamin Franklin
Drug Deaths Less Frequent In Hospital Therapy
Massachusetts researchers report acute hospital deaths from drug therapy are rarer than earlier estimates. Analyzed 26,462 patients with 0.9 per 1000 deaths attributed to drugs, contrasting a prior Boston study of 6200 patients at four per 1000. Findings appear in JAMA and reflect seven-country data from 1971 to 1976. Researchers Jane Porter and Hershel Jick warn earlier results biased by chronic hospital setting. The piece also notes Raphael the painter born 1483 in Urbino, Italy.
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Chicago
Massachusetts
Boston
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Jane Porter
Hershel Jick
Boston Collaborative
Boston University
Waltham
Cardinal Wyszynski Undergoes Gall Bladder Surgery
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, 75, hospitalized in Warsaw, underwent gall bladder surgery. A church spokesman said he is not seriously ill and prayers were offered in local churches for his health. The report notes he previously had prostate surgery in Rome in 1973.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Stefan Wyszynski
Wyszynski
Rome
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Gary Peterson
May’s Island
U.S
Arctic
North Pole
Manhattan
Humble
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Max Conrad
Collins Station
Poles
Pan American World Airways
New York
London
Iowa
Ann Pelegrino
Story City
Amelia Earhart
Keds Ropis
Lewis Darrah
Heinz H. Blankenhagen
Martello
United Press International
Raphael
Urbino
Italy
Malloy Jewelers
Second Avenue SE
Ardan
Town & Country Shopping Center
1St Ave. S.E
Cardinal Wyszynski
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Truman
DIAL
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