Television ruins the World Series as fans struggle to stay awake
The author laments television's grip on baseball noting the World Series became a late night, frostbitten spectacle. He contrasts past exalted October Classic crowds with modern broadcasts, mocks Buckner and Red Sox fandom, and vows to skip future games for public TV like Masterpiece Theatre.
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Rethren
Central North America
David Letterman
John McNamara
Boston
Buckner
Billy Buckner
Red Sox
Red
Masterpiece Theatre
Cedar Rapids man dies after six story fall at Iowa City campus
Dennis L. Tebbe, 31, of Cedar Rapids, fell six stories while washing exterior windows at the University of Iowa Medical Laboratories Building. He died at University Hospitals after an 8 10 a.m. accident. OSHA investigators were on site.
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Dennis L. Tebbe
11Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Medical Laboratories
University of Iowa
U of I
William Fuhrmeister
Tebbe
College of Medicine
University Hospitals
Don Blood
Metro-Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions: carrier $2.25 per week. mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues $10.40 for four weeks $110.00 for 52 weeks. other states and US territories $140.00 for 52 weeks. Postmaster: address changes to The Gazette Company P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
Associated Press
AP News
P.O. Box
Democrats aim to keep Iowa House majority in Tuesday vote
The article notes Democrats expect to retain control of the Iowa House while a intra party contest for House majority leader unfolds. Coverage appears in Iowa Today page 4A with related items across Metro-Iowa and Money sections.
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Iowa House
Iowa
Management and the Mob
National journalist Roy Rowan, keynote speaker at Wartburg College, argues organized crime remains a growing business driven by greed. He notes aging leaders, foreign competition, and mob links to legitimate sectors, while stressing a human management focus and the role of intuition in leadership.
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Cindy Kranz
Iowa
America
Roy Rowan
Rowan
Fortune Magazine
Wartburg College
Corporation Education
NBC
CBS
Night Watch
Fortune
Wartburg
Underworld
Des Moines
Sicily
FBI
Life Magazine
Fitness center stops tapping members bank funds
The Women's Fitness center will pause drafting from members' bank accounts for late fees and instead require signed authorization cards on file. Owners say the move preserves cash flow but faces complaints from two former customers who allege unauthorized withdrawals. Banks halted honors pending written authorizations, with few procedures verified by institutions.
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Vanessa Shelton
Isette
Women’s Fitness Center
Warren McCray
Della Wolf
McCray
Wolf
Women’s Fitness
Glenbrook Dr. NE
Deluxe Check
Minneapolis
Linn District Court
Sharon M. McMulin
Toddville
Michelle Graci
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Jerry Higgason
Farmers State Bank
City National Bank
Gary Peterson
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C.R. Man
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Tokyo
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Chicago
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First Ave. S.E
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