Prank on Cyclones locker room visit backfires
Two Cedar Rapids ISU students sneaked into the Cyclone locker room after ISU’s win over Colorado. They sat with players as the coach cautioned about meningitis shots. The Colorado player later hospitalised. ISU players who saw action received preventive medicine.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Cyclone
ISU
Colorado
Donnie Duncan
Duncan
Leonard Ellertson
Ames
Odds Defying Moments Across Daily Life
A retrospective on seemingly miraculous coincidences and improbable events. The narrator recalls matching coat and dress lengths, a rare “one in 700 billion” coincidence, and a single other known woman who beat odds against nature. The piece expands to playful lists of oddities and small miracles from family dinners to weather quirks.
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Ohio
Joey
Steve
Richard
Kevin
Lisa
Miss Piggy Mania Glitters in Shops and Minds
Parents and students react to Miss Piggy mania spreading from gift shops to pop culture. Jennifer and Theresa offer mixed views on the Muppet star, while mothers defend or critique the character and her image as voluptuous and provocative in a broader American dream fantasy.
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Toby King
Jennifer
Heather
King’s Highway
Westport
Metropolitan Opera
Jennifer King
Pittsburgh
Theresa Mackewich
St. Sylvester's School
Brentwood Borough
Miss Piggy
Theresa
Hair ornaments join metallic rush
New York stores offer Riviera and Kirk's Folly pieces in gold bronze silver and copper tones. Designers like Rose Sheppard feature braided headbands leaf sprays and ponytail accessories. The piece notes 1976 political campaign mentions Ford and Carter in passing.
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New York
Riviera
Rose Sheppard
Paris
Kirk's Folly
Homemade Play Clay Beadmaking for Rainy Day Fun
A kitchen craft idea outlines a stove top Play Clay recipe using corn starch baking soda and water. It details beadmaking including shaping rolling cutting texturing hole punching drying painting and stringing beads into bracelets or necklaces with tips on storage and finishes.
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Ferryville
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Melissa
Melinda Liebnow
Scott
Diane Liebnow
Elkhorn
Peachee
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Boardmans
Mrs. Boardman
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Alice LeHew
Marion
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Brooklyn
William Sherbon
Center Point
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Chariton
Sally Shaffer
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K.N. LeHew
William
J.A. Sherbon
Pat
Jamie
D.L. Stone
Sally
Terry Shaffer
Walker
Optimist
Optimist Club
George Henry
Bob Doolittle
Paramount Theatre
Roosevelt Senior High School
Richard Anderson
Reidel
James Baba
Betty Jeanne Burke
Evelyn Greenberg
Emin
Jean Kelley
June Smith
Albert Thompson
Phyllis Kotlinek
Burns
Lucille Johns
Erma Bombeck
Florence de Santis Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Jimmy Carter
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Wolfgang
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Goebel
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