Notes on memory and famous encounters amid politics
The author urges careful note taking at big moments with presidents and royalty, citing Dan Jenkins and Lady Bird Johnson as examples. Anecdotes include Jan Berg meeting Olav V of Norway and Billie Ray hosting Nixon, with memories of cheese sandwiches and early White House visits.
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Dan Jenkins
The
Fort Worth Telegram
Sports Illustrated
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon
Jackie Kennedy
Lady Bird
Dallas Hospital
Kennedy
Robert D. Ray
Cedar Rapids
Billie
Bob
Richard Nixon
Nixon
White House
Billie Ray
Toots Shor’s
New York
Toots
Bob So
New York Times
Colorado
Times
Transplant group eyes education in Iowa
Iowa task force moves to incorporate a statewide organ and tissue donation education group. Volunteers from CMF&I will support a promotion campaign for National Organ Donation Awareness Week in April, highlighting the HCFA mandated next of kin donation request and long term educational goals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Health Care Financing Administration
HCFA
Biden gifts speech copies to Neil Kinnock in London
Senator Joseph Biden met Neil Kinnock in London and gave the Labor leader copies of his speeches. He rejected plagiarism charges, saying he credited Kinnock on eight to ten occasions and noted audiences had heard quotes before. Biden withdrew from the Democratic race on September 23 after a tape showed uncredited usage.
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London
Joseph Biden
Neil Kinnock
Biden
Kinnock
Delaware Democrat
Le Grand Receives Life Sentence for Cedar Rapids Murder
John Le Grand aged 24 of Robins was sentenced to life in prison for the April 5 1987 stabbing death of Julie Vosmek 20 in her northwest Cedar Rapids apartment. A Linn County jury convicted him of first degree murder on December 15 and the defense plans to appeal.
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John le Grand
Julie Vosmek
le Grand
Robins
Linn
William Thomas
Vosmek
Cedar Rapids
Patrick Grady
Thomas
Linn County LIFTS faces major funding shortfall for seniors transport
Linn County's LIFTS program may end the year up to 80000 in the red as budget shortages grow. Budget director Claudine Hixson cited low donations and falling revenue while demand for senior and disabled transport surges. Board chair Joe Rinas blamed increased elderly services demand and limited Cedar Rapids subsidies for buses. Al Baker noted prior advance reservations and ongoing cuts as he faced questions over funding.
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Linn
Claudine Hixson
Hixson
Linn Supervisors
County Department of Human Resources
Joe Rinas
Cedar Rapids
Rinas
al Baker
Baker
Cedar Rapids driver charged after false report in fatal crash
Kenneth Ware, 27, faces a false report charge after altering his crash account with Cedar Rapids police. Investigators say Tilton, 18, was intoxicated with a blood alcohol of .159 and speeds exceeded the limit when Ware’s car struck Tilton’s, causing Tilton's death. Ware to appear in court January 20.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Ware
Crestridge Dr
Louis Stepanek
Ware
12Th Street
Gary Tilton
Sixth St
16Th Avenue
Tilton
Stepanek
Iowa
U.S. Airlines See High Accident Toll in 1987
National Transportation Safety Board reports 1987 saw 31 accidents for large U.S. airlines with four fatal crashes causing 231 deaths. Commuter carriers logged 35 accidents and 58 deaths, the worst decade for that segment. Officials note fatalities per departures were higher than most years but lower than 1986.
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Washington
U.S
National Transportation Safety Board
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Cox News Service
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Todd MeIntur
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