Cedar Rapids protest paves way for a worse city
A columnist urges readers to adopt a negative approach for Cedar Rapids, proposing anti-suggestions to degrade downtown appeal, public spaces, and civic policy while criticizing past mobility and leadership decisions. The piece references local figures and policies, including municipal motto changes and taxes.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Jaeger
Beruit
Iowa
Steve Hadley
Union Carbide
Terry Branstad
Bob Ray
the Gazette
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Elvis Birthday Observed At Graceland In Memphis
Elvis fans gathered at Graceland to mark the 54th anniversary of his birth with a cake cutting breakfast and party. About 2,500 people visited the mansion, more than last year, as officials proclaimed Elvis Presley Day in Memphis and fans headed to the Heartbreak Hotel Restaurant for a country buffet.
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Graceland Mansion
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Meredith Phillips
Tupelo
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Heartbreak Hotel
Tornadoes hit Illinois Indiana and Kentucky leaving damage and injuries
National Guardsmen were deployed in Illinois and Kentucky to aid cleanup after a weekend storm system. In Allendale Illinois a 10 block area was leveled with over a third of buildings destroyed and no fatalities reported. Indiana reported three injuries and about 30 homes plus 25 to 30 farm buildings damaged. Kentucky near Franklin saw 10 to 12 million dollars in damage with no injuries.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
James Thompson
Allendale
Jack Loeffler
Franklin
National Weather Service
Marvin Jones
St. Thomas
Vin
Cennes
Nation's freshmen move to the right
The 1992 incoming college class shows conservatives rising to 21.8 percent, with broad support for mandatory AIDS and drug testing. A large share favor advanced degrees, while interest in business careers dips. Smoking rises after a 22 year decline, and federal aid erosion shifts costs to families and loans.
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Washington
American Council On Education
Higher Education Research Institute
University of California At
Los Angeles
Kenneth C. Green
UCLA
Alexander Astin
Cartoonist Berke Breathed joins Denver protest march
Pulitzer winner Berke Breathed led about 400 people through a Denver pedestrian mall in a foray into activism over animal testing and the search for his penguin Opus's mother. He carried a hunter on a wolf image as chants of Shame on you rose from the crowd.
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Denver
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication and subscription note
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company lists address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401 and details subscription rates by carrier motor route and mail including morning editions Sunday pricing and 52 week rates in state and out of state areas. The Associated Press license is noted for republication of local news and AP dispatches. Addresses changes to P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406.
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Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
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AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
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