Let FDR statue reflect the image he crafted
A column discusses the proposed Washington DC memorial for Franklin D Roosevelt. It weighs portraying him in a wheelchair versus the smiling public persona he presented, noting aides carried him at times and Churchill influenced statue choices. The piece weaves in WWII leaders, Hiroshima rumors, Slippery Rock football fame, and a TV channel nostalgia note.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Fdr
Winston Churchill
London
Ol’ Winnie
Parliament
Winnie
Tootsie Roll's Century of Sweet Longevity
CHICAGO AP Story notes Tootsie Roll’s 100 year history since Leo Hirshfield created it for his daughter Clara. Family-led growth under Melvin and Ellen Gordon includes annual sales above $300 million, six percent and strong dividends, while the product remains low fat and low price at one cent per piece.
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Vin Gordon
Earth
United States
U.S
Ellen Gordon Melvin
Gordons
Ellen Gordon
Melvin Gordon
Chicago
Mel
Susan Smith
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc
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Enola Gay
Gordon Thomas
Max Morgan Witts
Hiroshima
Truman
Japan
Notre Dame
Rockets
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Slippery Rock
West Virginia
Duquesne
Pitt
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Bill Cody
Gus Schrader
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Baretta
Melis
Iowa Fair Allen Motor Company
Bathquarters
Carmike Cinemas
Castle Sports
Cedarnet
Chevrolet Clancy's
Cox Communications
D & B Tree Service
Digital Horizons
Heilig Meyers
Holley’s
Ingi
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Vertising Reference
Ja. Net
Lowa Medical Clinic
Jim's Tune Up
Kreck’s
Kirkwood College
Longbranch
Malloy Custom Pianos
Nevada
Bob's Northland Skin Clinic
Northtowne Schwinn
Northwest Airlines
Skogman Realty
Slender World
SPS Pools & Spas
St. Luke’s Hospital Technigraphies
the Blind Factory
Thasey Pe
National Confectioners Association
Glamour
Smith
NIE
Kirkwood Community College
Gazette Nie
Grant Wood Aea
Iowa
Bosnia
Jane Lonergan-Highley
Cedar Rapids Taylor
Our Workshop
Rebecca Haynes Mott
Commercial Appeal
Nashville
Wood Aea
Teikyo Marycrest University
P. O. Box
Zip
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