Solon Beef Days Reflections Amid Regional Odds and Torch Stop
Mike Deupree chronicles Solon Beef Days with mixed impressions of the town's quirks and connectivity. He notes distant services and jurisdiction quirks, enjoys the festival’s atmosphere, regrets missing a steak dinner and other regional events, and roots for Cedar Rapids hosting the Olympic flame in May while joking about civic logistics. He closes with the newspaper’s byline.
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Cedar Rapids
Atlanta Committee
Diogenes
Greece
Iowa
Klopfenstein launches first Linn-Mar school board bid
Mark Klopfenstein is making his first try for the Linn-Mar school board this fall. A previous report incorrectly stated he had run unsuccessfully last fall. The Gazette will correct errors and publish clarifications in this space.
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Mark Klopfenstein
Linn-Mar
Lawmaker cites Philip Morris research on children smokers
Rep. Henry Waxman exposes documents claiming Philip Morris tracked third graders in Chesterfield County Virginia from 1974 to 78 as potential smokers and shocked college students to test effects on smoking. He warns of unethical possibly illegal nicotine research and calls for tighter tobacco regulation to protect children.
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Washington
Philip Morris
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Waxman
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
White House
Chesterfield County
Yeltsin Leaves Hospital Heads to Barvikha Sanitarium
From Moscow to Seafront reports detail Boris Yeltsin exiting a Moscow hospital after four weeks of heart trouble and checking into the Barvikha resort to recuperate under physician care amid a broad security enclave west of the city.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Barvikha
Communist Party
The Gazette Promotes Soybean Ink Recycling Effort
The Gazette highlights its commitment to the future by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton 4250 Sixth St SW or at the nearest local recycling site.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Postal notice fragment from Cedar Rapids Gazette entry
Fragmentary OCR shows mailing office data and service numbers for Cedar Rapids Gazette. Includes contact lines and post address P O Box 511 Codgr Rapids IA 52408 with phone numbers for subscriptions or service.
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Cocore Caen
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Germenrenggee
Cedar Rapids
P.O
Codgr Rapids
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