Object lesson on letter writing and fame through Grandma
Column urges practice and reading to become a good letter writer citing Marlene Dietrich gift to grandson for ongoing correspondence. Notes Italy pledging $35 million for Rome Colosseum and crumbling cats, LA riots, Joe Louis stamps, and no plebiscite for Joe Louis image, Gus Schrader’s Monday Gazette column.
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Ann Landers
Abby van Buren
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Riva
John Paul Riva
John
Colosseum
Los Angeles
Celebrating the Land Women Nature Writings 1850 1991
A paperback anthology features 20 authors challenging male dominance in nature writing. Susan Fenimore Cooper’s Rural Hours (1850) contrasts propriety with criticism of woodcutters near Otsego Lake. Maxine Kumin reflects on rural pleasures. Ursula Le Guin’s Mount St Helens piece is playful.
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James
Ursula le Guin
Mount St. Helens
Dantes Solomon
Los Angeles Times
Weekend campus calendar highlights music, talks, and meetings
October events at Coe Grinnell and University of Iowa include Ain't Misbehavin at Sinclair Auditorium and The Singing Boswell by Dianne Dugan. Reading from International Writing Program authors, a lecture on Knossos, a dating violence workshop, and multiple city council and board meetings are listed with times and venues.
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Fats Waller
Sinclair
Coe College
Dianne Dugan
Forum
Grinnell College
Social health at low point in 1990 survey
New York AP reports the Index of Social Health fell to 42 of 100 for 1990, the lowest in 21 years. Sociologist Marc Miringoff says the country earns an F, with nine problems worsening and six hitting new lows. Child abuse, teen suicide, wealth gap, earnings, health insurance, and elderly costs met record lows.
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New York
Marc Miringoff
The
Fordham Institute For Innovation In Social Policy
Kiss Concert Tickets On Sale For Five Seasons Show
Tickets for the Kiss concert at the Five Seasons Center go on sale Saturday for the November 15 event. Opening acts are Trixter and Great White. Prices are 20 dollars in advance and 22 50 at the door with sales starting at 10 AM at the box office or through Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 363 1888.
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Kiss
Five Seasons Center
Trixter
Great White
Correction on executive order protecting Chinese students
The Gazette corrects an error stating the executive order protecting Chinese students in the United States expires in 1993, not 1999 as reported. The Gazette invites complaints about accuracy fairness and completeness of reports and headlines and provides a contact phone number.
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United States
the Gazette
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