Hash and memories mix in a column of notes
In a breezy Gazette column, the writer riffs on ads, politics, and pop culture. He recalls Al Davis and the Raiders name, laments Oakland’s bid to buy back the team, jokes about advertising, and muses on political disclosures by Florida figures Lawton Chiles and Bill Nelson.
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John-John Kennedy
L.A
Oakland
Calif
al Davis’ Raiders
Oakland Raiders
Bob Rubin
Miami Herald
TBA Raiders
Bill Munsell
Bob Zirbel
Alka-Seltzer
Vero Beach
New York
New Jersey
New England
Rhode Island
Iowa
Win Hawks
Toronto
Canada
United States
England
Red Coats
White House
Bush
Panama
Manuel Noriega
Manny
Victor Kiam
Florida
Lawton Chiles
U.S. Senate
Bill Nelson
Nelson
Mayors Back Avenue of the Saints Route Link
Iowa mayors from 13 cities gathered in Cedar Rapids to back the St. Paul to St. Louis Avenue of the Saints proposal. The group plans to send a unified letter to lawmakers while disputes over route and funding persist at federal and state levels.
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Iowa City
John McDonald
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
St. Paul
St. Louis
McDonald
Coralville
Mike Kattchee
David Lynch
Washington
Federal Highway Administration
Charles Grassley
Alowa
Tom Tauke
Congress
Minn
Tom Harkin
Diowa
Dave Nagle
Harkin
T.D. Larson
Keokuk
Waterloo
Mason City
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
U.S. Territories
Gazette
School chief denies he urged innocent pleas
Guttenberg school superintendent James Pasut faced questions from district patrons at a board meeting after rumors he urged students charged with alcohol possession to plead innocent to preserve athletic eligibility. The clash followed a sheriff raid on prom night booze. 45 teens were cited, 15 to 20 from Guttenberg. Trial dates are set for mid June.
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Gazette
Iowa
Guttenberg
James Pasut
Clayton ‘County
Pasut
Magistrate's Court
Clayton County
Clayton County Sheriffs
Cedar Rapids to spend 1.9 million on First Avenue repair
A two phase project on First Avenue East from 10th Street to Collins Road will begin mid July with joint repairs and resurfacing planned through next spring. The Iowa Department of Transportation will fund two thirds of the 1.9 million cost, with the city paying one third. Expect lane closures and intermittent intersections restrictions during construction.
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First Avenue
10Th
20Th Streets
32Nd
40Th
Dick Ransom
10Th Street
Collins Road
Ransom
Iowa
Fifth Street
Second Street
Third Avenue
First Street
A Avenue NE
Correction notice for sports report errors in Sunday Gazette
The Sunday Gazette corrects inaccuracies about Ivan Duncan playing on his grandfather's ballfield and misidentification of the Cherry Grove Barefooters as the Cedar Grove Barefooters. The paper will publish corrections or clarifications via this space and invites complaints at phone 398 8313.
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Sunday Gazette
Ivan Duncan
Cherry Grove
Cedar Grove
the Gazette
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Gus Schrader
Jazette Photo
Scott
Saints
Terry Branstad
Larson
Grassley
Transportation
Samuel Skinner
Highway Administration
Tauke
Taube
Transportation Department
By Val Swinton
1St Avenue
Heather Sloman Wood
Fifth
City Carton
Sixth St
Noelridge
42Nd
Council Streets
Iovink
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Happy
Jeanette
John Lamb
Skogman Realty
Technigraphics
Iowa City Plaza Centre
Park & Shop
Bus & Shop
Center Pt Rd
Coralville 206
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