Media seek to repair public trust in journalism
In a wide critique of press ethics the piece notes ongoing efforts at conferences and panels to win back readers amid loss of public confidence. It highlights tensions between profit motives and integrity, and references the Associated Press Managing Editors Convention in Philadelphia as a moment of reflection and calls for context and perspective.
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Associated Press
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Dinner of the Century cigar meal draws elite guests
About 150 guests from around the world attend a high priced cigar dinner in a Paris mansion featuring rare Cuban cigars including The Trinidad and new Cohiba shapes. Alain Ducasse and Joel Robuchon prepare courses as Dom Perignon 1982 is served with breaks between courses. Proceeds go to UNICEF and Cuba relief funds.
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Rush Limbaugh
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Pierre Salinger
Marvin Shanken
Cigar Aficionado Magazine
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Trinidad
Fidel Castro
Shanken
Alain Ducasse
France
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Eric de Rothschild
Unicef
United States
Niki Singer
State takes over finances of East St. Louis school district
The Illinois State Board of Education unanimously ordered a state takeover of the 14,000 student East St. Louis district to fix long standing financial woes. A three member oversight panel will be appointed within 10 days to shape budgets and contracts as teachers are added and operations restructured amid shortages and unsafe facilities.
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State Board of Education
Rock Island
Joseph Spagnolo
East St. Louis
Geraldine Jen
Kins
Spagnolo
Deadline approaches for Gazette Recipe Contest
The 16th annual Gazette Recipe Contest with a holiday theme closes Thursday at 5 p.m. Entries across seven categories will be judged, with a $200 grand prize and two winners per category. First-place $100, second-place $50. Send entries to The Gazette Public Affairs Department Cedar Rapids 52406. Fourteen finalists to be prepared by Kirkwood Community College students on Nov 5. winners named Nov 8 and a contest recipes section published Nov 19.
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Kirkwood Community College
Correction: Additional Candidate for 1st District Seat
The Gazette notes an omission in a Wednesday report failing to list Jan Zonneveld of Cedar Rapids as an independent candidate for the 1st District congressional race. The paper invites complaints about accuracy and will publish corrections or clarifications when errors are found.
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Jan Zonneveld
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
The Gazette Promotes Soybean Ink and Recycling Drive
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support sustainable farming. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St. SW or at nearby recycling locations.
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City Carton
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Service Contact Numbers Listed
The notice provides two contact numbers for service tasks: (319) 398-8333 and 1-800 oral number, (319) 396-8211. No additional details are given.
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