Burroughs at Beacon Theater Talks Near Death and AIDS
Harvard’s 300th anniversary list marks William S. Burroughs as a famed alum. The 73 year old author promotes The Western Lands, calls it a summing up, while reading unpublished work at Beacon Theater and warning of drug hysteria and AIDS.
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Ew York
Delmore Schwartz
James Agee
Harvard University
William S. Burroughs
Gotham Book Mart
Alfred Hitchcock
Burroughs
Harvard
SoHo
Lawrence
Kan
Viking Press
Gerald Howard
Viking
Valley of Death
William Seward Hall
Beacon Theater
Driving is rural seniors vital link in Iowa lives
Dawn Ummel reports seniors rely on driving for mobility with Mick Havel 78 and Delbert Flynn 73 sharing the importance of licenses. Havel travels to trapshooting events across Eastern Iowa and visits family, while Flynn, a paraplegic since 1957, continues driving about 7,500 miles yearly to reach Iowa City Washington and Katona for groceries and kin.
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Dawn Ummel
Mick Havel
Havel
Iowa
Riverside
Lone Tree
Washington
Delbert Flynn
Mick
Riverside Senior Village
Flynn
Iowa City
Katona
Mobility is crucial for Iowa's elderly
Iowa's oldest licensed driver Ja Stinson, 102, faces stereotypes about aging drivers as he prepares for a March 1 driver test in Mason City. Experts note licensing is to protect safety while preserving independence, and most seniors self regulate to stay on the road where possible.
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Ja Stinson
Stinson
Mason City
Iowa
Raymond Brown
Cedar Rapids
Brown
15Th St. SE
Gus Horn
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Jane Rockwell
Rockwell
Loren Jansa
Linn County Council On Aging
Jansa
Horn
Gray on White cross country ski clinic for seniors
Larry McGrath 60 leads a beginner cross country clinic for people 50 and older at the Indian Creek Nature Center. The 1 to 4 30 p m session includes a video, indoor moves, and outdoor skiing with a $2 member and $5 nonmember fee. Call 362-0664 to register and confirm weather.
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Larry McGrath
Indian Creek Nature Center
McGrath
Nature Center
Local fitness centers see January surge in memberships
Grit to shed holiday weight drives New Life Fitness World Cedar Rapids and Iowa City gains as temps dip. Barbs Kesl notes phones nonstop at St. Luke's Alive and Well. Phil Moeller cites spring prep at New Image Gym. Tim Pendergast says October is peak joiner period. indoor workouts rise with cold weather.
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Dave Gosch
Mike O’keefe
New Life Fitness World
O’keefe
O'Keefe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Barb Kesl
St. Luke’s
Phil Moeller
Moeller
Tim Pendergast
Pendergast
Kim Oxsen
Mercy Garden Court Fitness Center
Second St. SE
Oxsen
Metabolism Linked to Obesity in Pima Study
NIH researchers using a 24 hour respiratory chamber studied the Pima Indians of southern Arizona finding that a slow metabolic rate increases obesity risk from about 70 percent for low metabolism to 10 to 30 percent for normal or high rates. Fidgeting also correlates with metabolic rate and weight.
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Arizona
Clifton Bogardus
National Institutes of Health
Phoenix
NIH
Bogardus
Tucson
Ariz
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William Burroughs
Gazette
Todd Mcintor
Gus
By Dawn Umme Lazette
Colorado
Iowa Winters
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