Little Brother Tax and Mushroom Schemes Highlight Family Tales
In a memoir style recount, a narrator recalls the “Little Brother Tax” of chores and stories about brother Del’s mushroom scam attempt. The piece also notes a reader’s contact lens misadventure, displaced by humor and memory. It mentions wartime Japanese internment restitution and Korean wartime prostitution, then references a national debt figure.
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Tim Allen
Del
RFD
Carol A. Hartman
C Ave
Hiawatha
Carol
United States
Shades of Grey Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances
Review praises Barry Siegel’s book for capturing ambiguity in real life. It highlights unresolved conflicts between science and medicine, law and justice, and limited medical information shaping fetal viability decisions. Strong journalism that probes continual subterranean news.
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Barry Siegel
Siegel
Los Angeles Times
Chris Goodrich
Los Angeles Times Service
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pricing and Mailing Information
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company provides daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401. Subscription rates include carrier 3.20 weekly motor route 3.70 weekly and mail options with Morning Editions and Sunday 7 issues priced at 14.20 for 4 weeks 159.60 for 52 weeks. other states 215.80 yearly. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S Territories
Associated Press
AP News
Weather roundup ad for CITYLINE weather category 2040
Weather coverage note from KCRG directs readers to CITYLINE for complete forecast including rain sleet sun or snow. Call 363 7000 to access category 2040 for updates.
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KCRG
Cityline
TODAY MARCH 16 BOOKS AND EVENTS AT AREA COLLEGES
Today features the Let's Talk About It detective fiction discussion at Marion Public Library with Geneva Meers and readings of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Judas Goat. Also a politics symposium at Coe College with Terry Heller, plus Prism Quartet at Wartburg and Coe College bands and choirs. City meetings include several city councils and school boards across Elkader, Manchester, Dyersville, Kalona, Monona, Tipton, Wellman, West Union, Edgewood Colesburg, and M-F-L Community.
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Geneva Meers
Mount Vernon
Marion Public Library
Seventh Ave
Marion
Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Robert P. Parker
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
Supervisors
Elkader
Manchester City Council
Dyersville
Cedar Rapids Debates Seat Belt Enforcement After Question
Readers weigh in on whether Cedar Rapids police should keep cracking down on motorists not wearing seat belts. Reported responses total 213 with mixed views on safety, enforcement fairness, and traffic culture.
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Cedar Rapids
Demme Wins Directors Guild Top Honor at NY Ceremony
Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, receives the Directors Guild of America’s top prize at the 44th annual dinner at the United Nations in New York. He notes the win with humor as the sole nominee at the event. other nominees included Ridley Scott and Barbra Streisand.
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New York
Jonathan Demme
Directors Guild of America
Demme
United Nations
La-La Land
Los Angeles
Streisand
Kevin Costner
Hart Schaffner Marx and Austin Reed Spring Suit Event
Hart Schaffner Marx and Austin Reed present new spring designs. Roy Gauss and Mark Supalla will assist customers choosing from hundreds of swatches or arranging a custom tailored suit.
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Austin Reed
Mark Supalla
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Gazette
Bantam Books
Earth Savers
Arei Bulomod
Lo Mein
U.S. Department of Ene
Tribune Media Services
Hasan
Able CO
Hollywood
Terry Heller
Howard Hail
Hickok Hall
Coe College
Prism
Neumann
Wartburg College
Waverly
Sinclair
Coe
Monticello
Tipton City
Wellman City
West Union City
Edgewood-Colesburg
M-F-L Community School Board
Waukon
Midland Community School Board
Wyoming
Iowa City
Roy Gauss
Lindale
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