Hawkeye broadcast trio to end after next year
Iowa fans will endure the end of an era as the Hawkeye radio trio of Bob Brooks Jim Zabel and Ron Gonder near retirement following a university contract with Learfield. The longstanding voices of Iowa football and basketball have built distinct styles and loyal followings and were publicly lauded during an ABC Iowa Northwestern broadcast.
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WHO
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Hawkeye
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Jefferson City
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Gonder
Precision
ABC
Iowa-Northwestern
Cabinet reshuffle eyed as Clinton weighs wider picks
The article notes President Clinton may seek cabinet appointments beyond his party to replace departing members. It cites past missteps with Zoe Baird Kimba Wood and Lani Guinier and praises learning from those errors. It highlights Dick Lugar as a potential nominee and urges selecting capable Americans over loyalty.
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Clinton
Zoe Baird
Kimba Wood
Lani Guinier
Senate
Democratic Party
Dick Lugar
Indiana
Polls and Journalism: The 1996 Landslide That Wasn't
A critical view argues that public opinion polls controlled reporting during the 1996 campaign as Clinton faced Dole. Polls predicted a landslide that never occurred, with media relying on models of likely voters and biased by numbers over actual votes.
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Clinton
Bob Dole
Dole
Congress
San Diego
Cole
Mark Shields
Paul Gigot
Ross Perot
Letters to the Gazette on Cedar Rapids factory closures
Earl Shaffer warns Cedar Rapids faces job loss as Rockwell Collins or other plants may leave. He recalls Iowa Steel LeFebvre Link Belt Wilson and asks what will happen to the town without factories, taxes, or jobs. He argues a shrinking city hurts residents and services.
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Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Steel
LeFebvre
Link Belt
Wilson
Earl Shaffer
Lightfoot sponsorship noted for Clinton appearance in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette thanks Jim Ross Lightfoot for sponsoring television coverage of President Clinton's Cedar Rapids appearance. Readers invited to send letters up to 300 words with name, hometown, address, and daytime phone. Contact Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 FAX 319 398 5846 email gazette fylowa.infi.net.
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Jim Ross Lightfoot
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Rep. Lightfoot
Iowa
Gazette
Partial birth abortion debate letters dispute medical necessity
Readers split on partial birth evacuation, one side calling it indispensable for select cases and others calling it abominable and never medically necessary. A Wall Street Journal piece is cited as portraying risks and misinformation, while politicians and local readers weigh in on truth versus rhetoric amid recent nationwide commentary.
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Wall Street Journal
Bernard A. Schnaufer
Harkin
Veteran expresses thanks on Veterans Day in letter
Joseph George Fairfax shares gratitude after his son Jim calls to honor his service. He notes Korean War veterans feel overlooked between World War II and Vietnam, and says the gesture renewed faith in young America.
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Jim
Vietnam
Joseph George Fairfax
Gazette Letters Policy Summary
Printing readers letters does not vouch for accuracy or judge opinions. The Gazette allows equal opportunity for contradictions or corrections from other readers through potential future publication.
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Gazette
Candidate's Campaign Postscript Ends in Defeat
Thomas W. Isenhour credits Braveheart ideals for his youth, cites rejecting money and paid ads, but loses the November 5 general election. He vows support for Rep. Jim Leach, apologizes to supporters, and says he learned a lesson in winning. Clinton
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Jim Leach
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