Steam shovel buried under stadium inspires reader letter
Reader mail recounts the 1923 opening of Illini stadium in Champaign Urbana with a steam shovel buried beneath the field. The piece notes Red Grange's 265 yards in 12 minutes during a 39 14 Illini victory, then shares memories of WSUI announcers, a Rose Bowl photo story, a long list of defunct autos, and early music and retail reminiscences.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Clinois’ Memorial Stadium
Hawkeyes
Glenn Lambert
Monticello
Illini
Michigan
Harold “Red” Grange
Lambert
Bob Brooks
Cedar Rapids
WSUI
Bob
Dick Baxter
England
Mount Pleasant
Town
Bill Shakespeare
Stratford-upon-Avon
Mount Pleasant-upon-Skunk
Bob Pfeiffer
Baxter
Pfeiffer
Joan Liffring Zug
Henry Louis Inc
Iowa City
Joan
H.G. Mays
Amana
Willys
Reo
Rickenbaker
Cord
Oakland
Nash
Hays
Indianapolis
Detroit
Washington
Lincoln
Jack Stuhr
Jack
Sinatra
Anita O’day
Hoagie Carmichael
Robbie Cotter
Cotter
Briton completes world walk after 11 year trek
Fryona Campbell, 27, finished a world walking journey begun as a teenager. She set out in John O'Groats in Scotland aiming for Land's End 847 miles away, but continued across five continents for a 19,586 mile trek. The Guinness records agency tracked her feat.
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John O’groat
Scotland
Fryona Campbell
Campbell
Britain
Land’s End
Guinness Book of Records
Nicholas Heath-Brown
Guinness
William Kunst
Waseca
Minn
Campbell's world walk marked by grueling treks and supporters
Campbell completed long sections with 100 trainer pairs worn and endured a two year African trek amid political riots in Morocco and Zaire. She faced hunger efforts and isolation, finding motivation as supporters and her father watched near the final miles.
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Africa
Morocco
French Foreign Legion
Zaire
Campbell
Colin Campbell
White House gunman stopped by two quick-thinking bystanders
Harry Rakosky and Ken Davis, a security specialist and a corrections officer in training, acted without coordination to crash the assailant as he fired at the White House. Rakosky struck from above while Davis grabbed the attacker’s legs and the man fell. President Clinton praised their duty as ordinary citizens who helped capture the gunman. Davis, from Maryland, will graduate soon to become a correctional officer.
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Washington
White House
Harry Rakosky
Ken Davis
Francisco Martin Duran
Rakosky
Davis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hagerstown
Maryland
San Antonio
Harry
Clinton
Yiddish language resurges in colleges nationwide
Berkeley joins about 50 universities offering Yiddish courses as interest grows. Advocates say the language reveals worldviews and social connections, tracing back to centuries of Jewish culture and common expressions born from Yiddish.
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Jesse Rabinowitz
Berkeley
Philip“Fishl” Kutner
Harvard
Columbia
Ohio State
University of Texas At Austin
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Aaron Lansky
National Yiddish Book Center
South Hadley
Mass
Lansky
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Susan Fineman
New Haven, Conn
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Newspaper Association of America Foundation
Thing
Persur
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Perth
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New York
Los Angeles
Europe
Calif
University of California At Berkeley
City Carton
Sixth St
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.C
Abbe Center
Bathquarters
Best Western Longbranch
Bowman Woods Service Station
Boyson Jewelry
Brenton Bank
Carmike Cinema
Collins
Cox Cable Diet Center
Douglas Hand
Lowa Lumber & Construction
Just Fore Fun Kieck’s
Kirkwood
Comr
Medical Arts
New Image
Fitnes
Norwest Bank Nova
Bener Skogman Realty Turner Golf Grou
Sing
Monthlu
Mae
Marion City Limits
Pat Murphy
Emall Care Deposit
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