Retirement musings light up a columnist’s quiet years
The writer shares humorous reflections on aging and retirement from Florida visits to memories of counter checks and metric debates. He riffs on sports quirks, TV tech, and former colleagues while noting humorous quips about income, loneliness, and growing up in retirement.
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Florida
Gazette
Mark Dukes
Phyllis Fleming
Vero Beach
Denver
Cleveland
Chicago
Antarctic
U.S
Stagecoach
Chad Henning
Air Force Academy
Elberon
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
University
Iowa River
Islip
N.Y
Hawkeyes
Hoosiers
Amana
Harold Schaerer
Noted heart surgeon builds tobacco stock portfolio
Cancer surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley lists 2,500 Philip Morris shares and 1,200 shares of Loews and RJR Nabisco among investments in medical, food, and energy firms. He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy January 4 with $99.4 million in debts and $89.1 million assets. Cooley, 67, performed historic heart transplants in 1968 and 1969.
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Musion
Denton Cooley
Tobacco
Cooley
Philip Morris
Loews
RJR Nabisco
Lorillard
Kent
Newport
RIR Nabisco
Camel
Vantage
Benson & Hedges
Morris
Miller
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
AMA
American Lung Association
Ross Bannister
Dr. Cooley
Bannister
Transplant dispute nears public clash in Iowa
A long simmering fight between Des Moines organ transplant officials and University Hospitals in Iowa City heads to a Friday meeting of the Iowa Organ and Tissue Transplant Commission. Key figures Dr. Robert Corry and Dr. Steven Phillips clash over organ sharing, governance, and the prospect of a single procurement agency in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kueter
Dal
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa Organ and Tissue Transplant Commission
Iowa
Commission
John Black
Robert Corry
University Hospitals
Steven J. Phillips
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Phillips
Corry
Mercy
United Network For
UNOS
Town Methodist Hospital
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Iowa Organ Retrieval System
Wency
University
Stem
Iowa Methodist
State Commission
Population expert Fornos presses U.S. action at local talks
Kurt Hogann reports Population Institute head Werner Fornos spoke in Cedar Rapids and Dubuque urging Americans to address global overpopulation. He cited Bangladesh and Mexico as contrasts, urged voluntary family planning, and urged restoring funding to IPPF and UNFPA while criticizing U.S. abortion policy.
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Kurt Hogann
Garete
Werner Fornos
Kiwanis
Rotary
Population Institute
Washington, D.C
Fornos
Cedar Rapids
University of
Coe College
Twas
Nairobi
Kenya
Washington
Mexico
United States
Earth
Foros
Formos
Hiawatha Kiwanis
Lala withdraws guilty plea in land deal
Lala 54 of Cedar Rapids appeared in Linn District Court to withdraw his guilty plea to farmland swindle. He will stand trial March 21 on a first degree theft charge and a new theft count related to leasing the same 235 acres to Nolan. Court records show he cashed $12 500 and $10 000 cashier checks from Nolan and Parr. Parr sued for losses over $21 000 with punitive damages of $63 000. a default judgment was entered against Lala and his corporation J L National.
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Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Weer
Leo Lala
Linn District Court
Lala
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Jerry Vander Sanden
David Parr
Luzerne
Benton County
James Nolan
van Home Court
Nolan
Parr
Planater Vearnea Lala Alant
Farmers National of Omaha
Vander Sanden
Agane Brady
Brady
Atention
William Thomas
J.L. Naional
Corporaton
Emaciated Pet Entrusts Care Amid Local Rescue
A distressed animal case draws Stacie Po Best and Coda to the scene as volunteers search for help. The emaciated pet is scheduled for veterinary assessment and possible shelter placement with community support.
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Gus Schrader
Ecrankar
Heartland Inn
Ave
Brouhaha
Steven Phillips
Bangladesh
Towa
Japan
Reagan
International Planned Parenthood Federation
IPPF
United Nations Fund For Population Activities
UNFPA
Fornes
Third World
Linn
Boyd Wiltsey
Davenport
Fokker Aircraft
Mercedes-Benz
Quad City Times
Caterpillar
Lalas
Kelly Jo
Jay
Corporation
Thomas
Aid
Hong Gaze
Ed Dove
Women’s Sale Shoes
Tray
Lee
Ua Cy
Cy Ore Ed
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