Photographer’s shot of pope nets $50,000 in Rome abridged
Dora Hamblin recalls the moment when a German tourist captured the pope’s shooting at St. Peter's Square and sold the prize photo for $50,000 to a Time AP Newsweek consortium. She notes limited press presence and the swift broadcast of events from Vatican to U.S. audiences. Hamblin, a Coe College graduate, returned to Cedar Rapids for a reunion.
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John Paul II
Dora Jane Hamblin
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Italy
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Hamblin
Life Magazine
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Cedar Rapids
Coe
Vatican
Life
Smithsonian
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Bang
United States
Time-Life
John Paul
Associated Press
Time Magazine
The
Newsweek
Gazette
Cedar Rapids EO officer resigns after nine years
Jonnie Cassell, the city Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, will resign effective May 29 after nearly nine years with Cedar Rapids. She cites personal time, growth, and rest as reasons, while noting improvements in hiring practices and urging escalated recruitment of women and minorities for nontraditional and protective service roles.
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Jonnie Cassell
Equal Employment Opportunity
Cedar Rapids
Cassell
Architect disputes remarks on Cedar Rapids Library design
Architect Herb Stone disputes Leo Peiffer’s claims about a single story energy inefficient design for the Cedar Rapids Library. Stone of Brown Healey Bock says the plan features a second floor, energy efficient glass and passive solar, with 12 foot overhangs and a 6.8 million Hall Foundation grant conditional on site acquisition.
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Leo Peiffer
Cedar Rapids
Stone
Brown Healey Bock
Hall Foundation
Don Canney
Central Public Library
Peiffer
Library Preservation Committee
Robert Rohlf
Hennipin County
Minnesota
Rohlf
United States
Midwest
Children’s Department
The
Gazette
Four Arson Fires Set at Vacant SE Apartment
Fire investigators say four arson fires were set in a vacant apartment building at 708 Fifth Ave SE on Friday. Lt. Lawrence Spielbauer said samples will be tested at the state crime lab. the front porch fire suggests ignition there. Police assist in the ongoing investigation.
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State Crime Lab
Lawrence Spielbauer
Fire Prevention Bureau
Spielbauer
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