When The Gazette Rings Up Questions From The Public
Nadine Subotnik recalls how readers call the Cedar Rapids Gazette newsroom with odd inquiries about pants from a Burma boy’s uniform to lunar lights and the Pacific war. The piece highlights curiosity, newsroom routines, and the humor of unprintable stories kept alive in bull sessions.
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The Gazette as Voice of Authority and Curiosity
Readers question everything from elections to weather and weddings. The Gazette staff answer with Britannica time and almanac depth, turning inquiries into guided knowledge.
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Divorced Trainer Fights For Custody Of Animals
In Kokomo Indiana Terrell Jacobs and his wife Dolly split after a divorce but the custody of three elephants and twenty five other wild animals remains undecided. The judge proposed receivership to divide the animals while noting the circus act depended on them. Mrs Jacobs seeks a $3000 elephant used in her act though Jacobs says losing any animal would ruin his livelihood.
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