Resolutions: Some Made, Many Broken
Gazette staff interviews seven residents on New Year’s resolutions. Individuals from Hiawatha, Dallas, Hudson, Jesup, and other areas describe attempts to quit smoking, diet aims, exercise, study focus, and habits like nail biting, with varied success over the years.
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Janet Grove
Hiawatha
Harry Lee
F. Ave
Lee
Amy Hass
Woodland Drive
Ann
Dallas
Texas
Bill Gutknecht
Hudson
Gutknecht
Walter Harting
Jesup
Richard Burkhart
Holly Ave
Burkhart
Stormy New Year’s storm claims two in Iowa City crash
A blizzard blanketed central and eastern Iowa, with 2 deaths in a Johnson County crash near Iowa City involving an Ohio couple. The Vantress car collided with a semi as conditions worsened, while the Reutter truck occupants received treatment. Snow totaled 2 to 4 inches in many counties, with Cedar Rapids at 1.14 inches on the ground.
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Gazette
Iowa
Johnson County
Dubuque Street
Iowa City
Ohio
Iowa Highway Patrol
Marjorie B. Vantress
Harold P. Vantress
Springfield
Cedar Rapids
Vantress
Dale
Carla Reutter
Sioux Falls
S.D
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Highway 13
Ryan
Anthony Russ
Hopkinton
11Th Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Towa
Iowans Create Rose Bowl Party Stampede at Century Plaza
Large crowd of about twenty thousand Iowa alumni and friends overflowed the Century Plaza Hotel near Beverly Hills the night before the Rose Bowl. The hotel reported its biggest ever bash as escalators stopped and bars ran dry by 8 p.m. Beer ran out and attendees in gold and black swarmed the venue, many traveling from Iowa or former residents.
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Pasadena
Calif
D.C
Spriestersbach
University of Iowa
Iowa Alumni Association
Century Plaza
Avenue of the Stars
Beverly Hills
Century City
Iowa
Cecil B. DeMille
The Trouble With Your Two Cents Worth Mail Cost
A brief note notes that adding two cents to a letter now costs twenty cents to mail, highlighting rising postal rates and frustrations with modern stamp prices.
Allies May Not Back U S On Sanctions
Washington officials say the United States may charge Poland for human rights abuses at a European Security conference, but allies are unlikely to join with sanctions identical to those against the Soviet Union for Moscow's actions in Poland. State Department and White House aides suggest allies may not act in lockstep yet may later provide supportive or parallel steps.
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Washington
United States
Poland
European Security Conference
Alexander Haig
U.S
Soviet Union
Reagan
Moscow
State Department
Alan Romberg
White House
Larry Speakes
Palm Springs
Calif
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