Leviathans and campaigns in a heated political drift
A column blends whale rescue costs with a wary view of the 1990s campaign mudslinging. The author weighs world attention to the Alaskan whale incident against political tensions, noting Dukakis Bush rhetoric, alleged Hitler smears, and a sly nod to nuclear options. The piece ends by musing on a low-yield device melting ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Osaka
ACLU
Mike Dukakis
Duke
Bush
Dukakis
Adolf Hitler
Richard Nixon
Joe McCarthy
Hitler
New Jersey
George Mitchell
Maine
Richard Gephardt
Joseph Stalin
Dan Quayle
Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Michael Dukakis
John Sasso
Death cap mushrooms blamed in Portland transplant case
Five people who ate Amanita phalloides in a Saturday dinner dish at Teresa and John Duncan’s home faced liver damage. One recipient underwent a liver transplant, two others awaited donors, another was transplanted, and a fifth showed signs of possible liver injury. The mushrooms are deadly and newly reported in the Western United States.
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Portland
Ore
Teresa
John Duncan
Europe
United States
Preston Alexander
Historic Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscriptions Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists subscription rates for weekly delivery at 3.35 and 12. Key plan 52 weeks 141.40. Other regions 197.60. Postmaster address changes to P.O. Box 511 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406. The paper reserves AP news dispatch rights and local news republication.
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Pene Ee
Associated Press
Nassif Teague brochure disputed in Cedar Rapids race
Democrats question campaign literature for Linda Nassif Teague in the 51st District race against Phil Brammer. They accuse a brochure of misrepresenting endorsements and quotes from school officials and a Gazette column. Campaign aides defend the material as in good faith.
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Kurt Rogahn Lazette
Linda Nassif Teague
Cedar Rapids
West Side
Nassif Teague
Phil Brammer
Iowa House
Brammer
Westside
Stephen Daeschner
The
Gazette
Linn County Republican
Chris Contard
Susan Clark
Hanson
Susan McDermott
Burton Loupee
Clark
Daeschner
the Gazette
Contard
John Robertson
Jake Pike
Survey of Cedar Rapids police promotion rules questioned
Cedar Rapids Police Protective Association president says a survey shows many active officers back reducing emphasis on education for promotions. Critics doubt survey methods and results while urging Civil Service Commission reconsideration of 34 year old rules.
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C.R
Rick Smith
D.R. Miller
Cedar Rapids Police Protective Association
Bob Jaeger
Joel Kessler
Department
Kessler
the Gazette
Renee Hanrahan
Dave Johnson
Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Jaeger
Gary Hinzman
The
Association Mem
Cedar Rapids
James Barnes
Barnes
Dillard
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Mike Deupree
Oregon Mycological Society
Alexander
Gazette Company
Rso Digies
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
P.O. Box
Norman Hanson
Jane Pike
Bers
Vernon Vandersee
34Th St. SE
Apt
Vandersee
Nancy
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Vandersees
Nancy Vandersee
Scandinavian Interiors
Iowa City
Aiks
Kay
Midwest
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May’s Island
Hawkey
Lhe
Mty Ik
America
Hawkeye Seed Co
3Rd Ave. S.E. . Co. Inc
Gavin
H.P
Ortawle
Eureka Mini Mite
Meas
Miei
Edgewood
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