Minnesota Twins win World Series sparks fan cheer
In a hometown voice, the author defends baseball fairness after the Twins claim the World Series. He rebuts umpire errors and venue advantage complaints, recalls historic upsets like the 1960 Pirates, and praises Minneapolis fans for restrained celebration as the city savor its first championship.
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
Yanks
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Vernon Law
Nixon
Button
Yankees
Tony Kubek
Kubek
Bill Mazeroski
Boston
Fenway Park
Yankee Stadium
St. Louis
Cardinal
Busch Stadium
Minneapolis
New York
Detroit
Minnesota Twins
Xerox chairman blasts schools in open letter to candidates
David Kearns of Xerox charged that public schools put the nation at a competitive disadvantage with a 50 percent defect rate in producing workers. He urged complete school restructuring and funding students, not schools, as he spoke to the Detroit Economic Club and released his text.
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Washington
America
Xerox Corp
David Kearns
Detroit
Farmstead Foods to Resume After Unsafe Hog Kill Area Fix
Workers sent home after union and Farmstead Foods flagged unsafe conditions in the hog kill area. 175 employees told to stay off Monday as renovations were paused. Company and union plan fixes by 7 a.m. Tuesday before first shift. Three injuries reported in the area amid faster production post renovations.
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Farmstead Foods
James Coleman
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Coleman
Robert Alex
Alex
Apartheid foe Kumalo recalls son’s birthday raid in South Africa
Dumisani Shad rack Kumalo, exiled South African journalist now in New York, recounts a 4 year old son’s birthday party raided by police. He describes the police trampling toys and his wife suffering a miscarriage, as part of the broader harassment under apartheid. He advocates unlock the apartheid jails and sanctions to repeal racist laws.
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Cindy Hadish
Iowa City
Dumisani Shadrack
Kumalo
South Africa
United States
New York
Johannesburg
Bill Cosby
Cosby
Washington
University of Iowa
Limo service at Cedar Rapids Airport extended despite debt
DJ/J Airport Transportation Service will continue interim limousine operations at Cedar Rapids Airport under a temporary contract after the company owed the airport 12 000. The airport canceled a three year deal for non payment, filed a lien, and now pays 675 every 15 days to carry service through Nov 5. Proposals for permanent service will be opened Nov 23 with interviews to follow.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette City Hall
DJ/J Airport Transportation Service
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Company
Airport Commission
DJ/J
Commission
Gazette wins seven awards in national photo contest
The Gazette took seven honors in the 1987 Inland Daily Press Association News Photography Contest, ranking second to the Patriot Ledger which earned nine. Nancy Fitzgerald won first in photo illustration for Teen Jeans. an honorable mention for New Designs on Breakfast. Fitzgerald also took second in feature for Helping Hand. The Gazette earned four honors in Use of Pictures including first and second in sports for Pan Am Games coverage, plus a second in Lifestyle for Lingerie Layout and a first-place honorable mention for last year Iowa Iowa State football page coverage.
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The
Gazette
Inland Daily Press Association
Quincy
Mass
Patriot Ledger
Indiana University School of Jounalism
Nancy Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
New York Firm May Manage Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
The Five Seasons Center Commission will begin talks with Ogden Allied of New York to manage the Cedar Rapids center next year. If awarded, the contract would rehire current staff, including Manager David Pisha, and depend on financial improvement. negotiations continue with a Dec. 15 commission vote expected.
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Five Seasons Center Commission
Commission
Ogden Allied
University of Iowa
Chuck Swore
Cedar Rapids
David Pisha
Center
Pisha
Swore
Man sues city over hiring of female assistant manager
Cedar Rapids filed by Steve Munzenmaier in Linn District Court alleges reverse sexual bias in appointing Sally Haas as assistant manager of the Five Seasons Center. He claims he was more qualified, seeks actual and punitive damages and the job, naming the commission Center Manager David Pisha Mayor Don Canney and city commissioners as defendants.
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Cedar Rapids
Steve Munzenmaier
Linn District Court
Munzenmaier
Sally Haas
Five Seasons Center
Cant
Five Seasons Commission
Commission
David Pisha
Don Canney
Floyd Bergen
David Kramer
Hal Schaefer
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Canney Committee
Robert C. Ray
Lee R. Clancey
Suzanne Blouin
George Ford
Rick Skogman
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