Watkins Salve and a Watkins salesman on a rural Iowa farm
A nostalgic hometown sketch recalls Watkins Products Co. sales visits by Ed and Alice Peterson to a northern Iowa farm. The piece describes Watkins Salve used for wounds and animal care, the daily farm routine, and a memory of lima beans, family meals, early radio programs, and a sense of innocence from Gus Schrader's Monday Gazette column.
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Veryone
Iowa
Watkins Products Co
Horsepower
Imaalpuwel Lijsteau
The
Watkins Co
Watkins
Ol’ Daisy
Ed Peterson
Alice
Petersons
Dad
Atwater Kent
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Annie
Jack Armstrong
Renfrew
Mounted
Amos 'N
Andy
Sum ’N
Abner
Diana conscious after crash, says her bodyguard
Trevor Rees-Jones, Dodi Fayed's bodyguard, says Diana was conscious and talking after the Paris crash that killed Dodi Fayed. He recalls two cars and a motorbike chasing the Mercedes near Ritz before the crash and notes Henri Paul appeared sober.
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Diana
London
Paris
Dodi Fayed
Dodi
Trevor Rees- Jones
Pont de l’Alma Tunnel
Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital
Rees-Jones
the Mirror
Henri Paul
Paul
Rees- Jones
Mohamed al Fayed
Paris Ritz
Fiat
Gazette Promotes Green Printing and Recycling Drive
The Gazette touts commitment to the future by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or at the nearest recycling location.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Iraq to honor UN inspections under Annan pact amid threats
Iraq’s U.N. ambassador said Baghdad will open eight presidential sites to U.N. inspectors as the Security Council weighs a Britain Japan backed resolution endorsing the Annan agreement. He warned inspections should have limits despite no time frame in the accord.
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Unted Nations
Security Council
Iraq
U.N
Nizar Hamdoon
Kofi Annan
Britain
Japan
United States
Baghdad
Council
Russia
France
China
U.S
CNN
Hamdoon
Lawmakers call for ousting Saddam as Iraq solution
U S lawmakers from both parties on Sunday rejected the U N backed weapons inspections as unlikely to work. They argued the real solution is to drive Saddam Hussein from power and try him as an international war criminal. They urged replacing the dictatorship with a democracy and supported aiding Iraqi opposition groups.
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Iraq
Saddam
Ashington
Seemeers
Congress
U.N
Saddam Hussein
United States
Bob Kerrey
D-Neb
White House calls for end to Starr Clinton probe
The White House untied a call for Kenneth Starr to wrap up the investigation into President Clinton. Rahm Emanuel urged on CBS that Starr should end the probe and return to core issues. Sen. Leahy accused Starr of pursuing the president for partisan ends. Hatch defended Starr while Newsweek detailed Willey's amended deposition and new alleged Oval Office events.
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White House
Starr
Clinton
Washington
Kenneth Starr
Janet Reno
Ken Starr
Rahm Emanuel
CBS
Nation
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
NBC
Meet the Press
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Hatch
Newsweek
Kathleen Willey
Paula
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Third Avenue SE
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Cates
Gasette
P.O
Shaner
ri-La
ri-Lee
Marion
FOX
Bentlee Birchansae
A-1
Amin Communications
BSL Sunrooms
C.R. Dodge
Castle Sports
D & B Tree Service
Davis, Jones & Lamb Educare Flaming Fox Eye
Glad You Asked
J.C. Laser Dermatology
KCRG
Kirkwood Community C
Iowa City
Ing
Longbranch
Maka Blind Company
Medicenter West Mega Page
Millhiser Smith Agency
Penguins Pro Video
Skogman Realty Sparkle Wash
St. Luke’s Hospital
Taco Bell Technigraphics Trx, Inc
University of Iowa Psychiatry
U.N. Pact
Sen
John McCain
Sandy Berger
Washington Post
Bay of Pigs
Hungary
Vernon Jordan
Aaron Green
Jordan
Monica Lewinsky
ST. Luke's Hospital
Oga
Center Point Rd
Johnson Ave
Finemdin
Sa Sre
America
Bslinc
Aol.com
BSL Sunrooms, Inc
Four Seasons Solar Products
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