Centenarian City Editor Remembers Gazette History
Phyllis Fleming notes a century of coverage from The Gazette including the Fourth Street Track Problem Cedar County Cow War and the University of Iowa Ironmen. She recalls early practices like reading football scores from a balcony and teletype election results. The infant alligator gifted to editor Fred Faulkes in the early 1900s swam in Bever Park greenhouse and Cedar River pen near the Gazette building. Please turn to 7A Centennial.
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Fourth Street
Cedar County
University of Iowa Ironmen
Gazette Building
Gazette
Fred Faulkes
Florida
Bever Park
Cedar River
A.A. Spurgeon
Airliner slides off Minnesota runway causing fatalities
A Republic Airlines Convair turboprop skidded in heavy snow on a Brainerd area runway. One elderly woman died and six-year-old Holly Hartung lost a foot. Esther Raitz and two others were treated for injuries. The plane carried 30 passengers and three crew, with travel plans toward Bemidji and Thief River Falls.
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Brainerd, Minn
UPI
Republic Airlines
Mel Frederick
Brainerd
Minneapolis
Republic
Redmond Tyler
Brai
Nerd
St. Joseph Hospital
Holly Hartung
Bertha
Minn
St. Joseph’s
Esther Raitz
Bemidji
Tom Ingram
Wheaton
Thief River Falls
Index Public Opinion Is Merely What You Think Others Think
A concise idea on how public opinion reflects perceptions of others views rather than inner beliefs. The note suggests social pressure shapes opinions and highlights the discrepancy between personal conviction and perceived consensus.
Veterans meet to bridge gaps among veterans across wars
A downtown American Legion session invites World War II and Korea foxhole veterans and Vietnam era veterans to talk and listen. The 7:30 p.m. meeting aims to find common ground at home, not recount battlefield hardships, in an experiment to foster unity among all veterans.
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Dale Kueter
American Legion
Hanford
Korea
Steve Meverden
Vietnam
The
Legion
Washington
Meverden
Vietnam Veterans Interaction Group
Peter Bell
Branstad to preside as Iowa Senate opens 70th Assembly
Iowa politics report notes Governor elect Terry Branstad will preside as lieutenant governor over the Senate at 10 a m as the 70th General Assembly opens. He plans a joint session with the House and will chair next day when Gov elect Robert Ray delivers the Condition of the State.
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Gazette
Ken Sullivan
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Sullivan
Daubenmier
General Assembly
The
Terry Branstad
Legislative Branch of
Iowa
Branstad
Senate
70Th
House of Representatives
Robert Ray
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
House
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Phyllis Fleming
First Gazette
First Avenue
North Star
Stouffer's Hotel
Roosevelt Hotel
SE Tower
Roosevelt
Tom Merryman
American Cereal Co
Quaker Oats Co
Quaker
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River Tower
the Gazette
Minnesota
Bridge City
Marion
Metro A
Veterans Meeting
Robert Anderson
Newton
Don Avenson
Doelwein
70Th General Assembly
Ray
Branstad and
Anderson
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