Vox Pop: Musings on Flight Sleepers and Voyager Ironies
A collection of humorous and skeptical reflections on aviation and space feats. The author jokes about pilots dozing in long flights, questions the Voyager mission and its costs, notes the America’s Cup yachts race expenses, and lightly critiques professional football steroid use and physique.
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Cleveland Dept
Harvard Medical School
Martin C. Moore-Fole
Wilbur
Indian Ocean
Australia
Patients Prefer Formally Dressed Doctors Over Jeans
A Chicago area survey of 200 patients at two hospitals shows most prefer doctors in formal attire, with 65 percent wanting white coats and 52 percent disliking blue jeans. A parallel doctor survey found sneakers worn by 43 percent, jeans by 9 percent.
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Chicago
Marcus Welby
Howie Mandel
Thomas Lee
Mandel
Ber
Lee
Journal of the American Medical Association
Afghan leader Najibullah orders cease fire from Jan 15
Kabul announced government forces will observe a cease-fire starting January 15 with duration depending on rebel response Tass reported. Also reported hospital closures and service cuts in Dade County and other domestic items across pages 4A and 7A.
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Najibullah
Tass
U.s.world
New Year Begins With Bowl Wins and Calamities Across Nation
Americans welcomed 1987 with bowl games in Pasadena as Arizona State beat Michigan 22 15. In San Juan Puerto Rico a deadly hotel fire prompted White House updates while gunfire haunted Southern California and several cities. In Philadelphia the Betsy Ross House marked the revolutionary bicentennial with celebrations amid unsettled weather and a postponed parade.
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Pasadena
Calif
Reagan
Arizona State
Michigan
Palm Springs
San Juan
Puerto Rico
White House
United States
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross House
George Washington
Norma Gwynn
Mummers Museum
Broad Street
Joe Deighan
String Bands Association
California
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Dick Stranberg
Detroit
Raleigh
N.C
United Airlines
New York City
Times Square
Howard Beach
Hollywood addiction crisis among TV and film workers
Hollywood counselor Tom Kenny of Studio 12 estimates 35 percent of industry workers suffer drug or alcohol problems. He notes demand outstrips capacity funded by the Motion Picture & Television Fund while citing cocaine and crack as major issues and highlights rising help from Betty Ford Center and AA and Cocaine Anonymous activity in the area.
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Hollywood
Tom Kenny
Studio 12
Motion Picture & Television Fund
International Alliance of Theater and Stage Employees Union
Alcoholics Anonymous
Kenny
Screen Actors Guild
Betty Ford Center
Rancho Mirage
Elizabeth Taylor
Chevy Chase
Mary
Cedar Rapids Gazette details and postal notices
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions include carrier 2.25 per week and mail options Morning Editions and Sunday nine issues 10.40 for 4 weeks 110.00 for 52 weeks with rates for out of state at 140.00 for 52 weeks. Postmaster address changes to The Gazette Company P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
P.O. Box
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Donald Kaul
Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager
Earth
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Brian Bosworth
Bosworth
University of Oklahoma
Mr. Bosworth
Florida
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Linn County
Bo Schembechler
USC
University of Southern California
Mike McGee
Larry Smith
Arizona
Smith
Hayden Fry
Money
Merck & Co. Inc
Fortune
John Paul II
U.S. World
Iraq
Iran
Wynton Marsalis
William Gillen
Queens
National Safety Council
Conroe
Texas
Albany
N.Y
Pete
Tyler Moore
Cocaine Anonymous
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Westdale
Sedar Rapids
Diamond Earring Sale
Dy Reet Arket Vod Center Pt. Rd
Sunkist
Catfish
Park View
Twat
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