Grandpa Mike defied health rules and lived to ninety six
A grandson recalls John Franklin Miller known as Mike born in South English Iowa who smoked from youth and preferred fried foods and bacon fat while loving fishing. He lived 96 years as a widower with a lively spirit and factory of stories about livery stables, beer and old health warnings. He aged into legend in rural Iowa memories.
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John Franklin Miller
South English
Iowa
Mike
Backus
Minn
Britt
North
Dan Gable
Waterloo
WCTU
Hooter
83-year-old Arlington woman dies after icy driveway incident
Nellie King 83 died at Central Community Hospital Elkader after a freak accident on an ice covered driveway. Her car left a four foot wall and struck a light pole near the Gamm farm, officials said. The death is not ruled a traffic accident.
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Arlington
Central Community Hospital
Elkader
Nellie King
Marsene Gamm
Volga
Iowa
Howard Bell
Gamms
King
Bell
Gamm Farm
Elkader Hospital
Fawcett’s
Lamont
Iowa State Patrol
Clayton County
Cedar Gazette publication details and subscription note
The Cedar Gazette information lists address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with daily publication status and second class postage. It notes a territories rate of 197.60 dollars for 52 weeks and states no mail subscriptions accepted in areas having Gazette carrier service.
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The
Cedar Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Carrie
Bundy Executed in Florida Electric Chair Death
Ted Bundy was executed at Florida State Prison at 7 06 a m after years of appeals for the murder of Kimberly Leach. Proponents cheered as supporters of the death penalty praised the sentence while a small vigil opposed it. Bundy, once charming and defiant, claimed remorse in a pre execution interview and warned of violent media influence.
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Bundy
Florida State Prison
Florida
People of
Bob Martinez
Ted Bundy
Washington
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
James Dobson
Kimberly Diane Leach
Lake City
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
CIA denies Iowa man tied to agency
CIA officials deny Verne Lyon, who spoke at a December rally at the University of Iowa, ever worked for the agency. Lyon claimed CIA ties to monitor students at Iowa State University in the late 1960s, a claim the CIA disputes as unsubstantiated. He says he served 1965 through 1975 and left for moral reasons.
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Iowa City
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Verne Lyon
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
Ames
Sharon Basso
Lyon
McLean
U of I
Brinkman
Basso
U.S. Congress’ Church Committee
ISU
Sen
Frank Church
Des Moines
Central
South America
Cityline Travel Tips and State Tourism Guide Call
Weekly travel tips and a guide to tourism bureaus in every state. Call CITYLINE at 363-7000 for details and listings under Category 8300.
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Call Cityline
Iowa Senate Approves Open Enrollment Bill
The Iowa Senate approved SF 59 by a 33 16 vote allowing parents to enroll children in any district up to 5 percent of a district’s enrollment with funds following the student. The measure, backed by Gov Branstad and education officials, heads to the House and could take effect upon enactment but likely not until 1990.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Larry Murphy
Iowa
Senate
George Bush
Terry Branstad
State Department of Education
William Lepley
Mark Hagerla
West
Burlington
House
Murphy
Don Paulin
Branstad
Department of Education
Education Department
Dale Tieden
Bill Palmer
Senate Education Committee
Emil Husak
Toledo
High speed rail urged to boost Iowa transport options
Raymond Kassel, head of a governor’s railroad policy group, urged Iowa to partner with railroads to create high speed passenger service linking Des Moines Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities. He also called for a long range intermodal plan and push for new aviation hubs at under utilized airports.
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Bill Brewer
Des Moines
Ames
Kassel
IDOT
Commission
Cedar Rapids
Quad Cities
Chicago
Rock Island
Iowa
Sioux City
Gulf Coast
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Gus Schrader
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Inc
P.O
Starke
Fla
Theodore Robert Bundy
By Lyle Muller
Senate OK
O’hare International Airport
Loop
John Lamb
Skogman
Realty
Penalto
Manelli
Calico
Johansen
Dane
Collins Road Square
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