Stranded at the airport and the newsroom paradox
The author critiques the stranded traveler story in TV and print coverage during weather delays and ponders its human interest appeal. He recalls writing longhand at a relative’s home and reflects on the shift from pencil and paper to word processors and the broader impact on writing craft.
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Wall Street Journal
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Mark Twain
Tom
Huck
God
Moses
Mount Sinai
Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 and mailing details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It notes subscription rates by carrier and by mail for Morning Editions and Sunday editions with various 52 week terms and regions.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Identical Twins Buell and John Fuller Celebrate Lifelong Bond
Quincy AP Buell Fuller died at 80 leaving his twin John as the surviving brother. The pair shared every detail from childhood to retirement, including beds, meals, outfits, and a career at Northeast Airlines. They were the first twin Eagle Scouts and remained devoted to Boy Scouts and community service. John plans to scatter Buell’s ashes at a Cape Cod Scout camp.
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Mass
Buell Fuller
John
Buell
Armed Services
John Fuller
Fuller
Northeast Airlines
Cape Cod
John W. Fuller
Algona victims killed in dining room shooting spree
Investigators report the Algona mass killing began with Robert Dreesman firing on six relatives at his parents home then taking his own life. Six victims were found in the dining room and Dreesman died in a nearby hallway. Autopsy shows multiple gunshot wounds, no struggle, violence over in 15 to 30 seconds.
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Algona
Iowa
Robert Dreesman
Robert
Robert Bennett
John Dreesman
Agnes
Marilyn Chuang
Jason
Jennifer
Joshua
Bennett
Dreesman
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