Rock City Barn Signs Fade Across States and Time
A nostalgia heavy column recalls nearly 900 barn signs once advertising See Rock City from Michigan to Texas with about 250 survivors left. It details Lookout Mountain origins in 1932, painter Clark Byers, highway sign bans, and a 2010s photo project documenting remaining signs across 14 states.
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Waawe Valle Ole
Iowa
Rock City
Michigan
Florida
Carolinas
Texas
Garnet Carter
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Clark Byers
Byers
David Jenkins
Toby Falls
Italy
United States
Rome
Trevi Fountain
INXS Singer Hutchence Death Rowed as Suicide Challenged
Paula Yates denied the coroner Derek Hand's ruling that Michael Hutchence committed death by own action. She said she will seek to overturn the verdict, stating she cannot accept the finding and fears its impact on their child. The coroner cited Hutchence's severe low in spirits amid relationship strain, custody disputes, and substance effects.
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Sydney
Australia
Paula Yates
Michael Hutchence
New South Wales
Derek Hand
Hutchence
Michael
Yates
Gazette promotes future with soybean ink and recycling
The Gazette endorses sustainable printing using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton at 4250 Sixth St SW or at local recycling sites nearest them.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Corrections and contact numbers for Gazette reporting
The Cedar Rapids Building and Zoning Services office can arrange private home inspections by calling 398 5071. A wrong number appeared in a Thursday story and a corrected Friday note. The Gazette will answer complaints about accuracy and fairness and publish corrections or clarifications. Call 398 8313.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Call
POW museum opens near Civil War camp in Georgia
In Andersonville Georgia the National Prisoner of War Museum debuts with 800000 Americans held as POWs noted by Sen John McCain. The project cost 5.8 million funded by coins donations federal and Georgia support. The site also covers Union and Confederate camps including Elmira Chicago and Camp Sumter later. Exhibits include letters, videotaped POW interviews with Stockdale Peterson and McCain.
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National Prisoner of War Museum
Sen
John McCain
Hanoi
Vietnam
Arizona Republican
Bataan
U.S
Bill Fornes
Valdosta
Andersonville
Atlanta
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Plains
Camp Sumter
McCain
James Stockdale
Pete Peterson
POWs and deaths by conflict across U S history
National Park Service compilation shows Civil War prisoners: 462000 Confederate held with 26000 deaths and 211000 Union held with 30000 deaths. WWI 4120 held 147 died. WWII Europe 95532 held 1124 died. Pacific 34648 held 12935 died. Korean War 7140 held 2701 died. Vietnam 766 held 114 died. Persian Gulf 23 held 0 died.
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Europe
Pacific
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