Dead cartoons and Dagwood spark a debate on strip lifespans
Iowa City cartoonist Wiley argues that comic characters should die with their creator and not be continued by others. He cites Dagwood and Blondie as examples and notes readers’ confusion when substitutes appear.
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Wiley
Terry and the Pirates
Judge Parker
Mary Worth
Dagwood Bumstead
The
Gazette
Mike Deupree
Dagwood
Chic Young
Blondie” Ops
Crowe
Homer
Charles Schultz
Calvin and Hobbes
Doonesbury
Washingtonpost.com
Monkeys trained to aid quadriplegics in Florida visit
In Sunrise a capuchin monkey named P.J. demonstrated tasks for about 50 patients to show how Helping Hands trains monkeys to assist quadriplegics. The nonprofit, started in 1979, has placed 46 monkeys with families while 300 more await foster homes for formal training at Boston University.
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Miami
Hernin Sunrise
Fla
Rolland Simard
Simard
HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital
P.J
Sheila
Fort Pierce
Sunrise
Helping Hands
P.u
Boston University School of Medicine
Blackstone Valley Record to Challenge Longtime Woonsocket Paper
Bob Blanchard launches The Record a daily tabloid set to hit in mid September, aiming at Woonsocket and nearby towns. The 12 000 initial free copies target Woonsocket North Smithfield and Blackstone Mass while The Call faces declining circulation and publishers weigh future outcomes.
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Consocket
R.L
Bob Blanchard
Blackstone Valley Record
Call
Woonsocket
Blanchard
John Morton
Wall Street
Lynch, Jones & Ryan
North Smithfield
Blackstone
Mass
University of Rhode Island
Wwon Radio
Wpri-Tv
East
Providence
Wabc-Tv
New York
Rhode Island
North Kingstown
Morton
Community events page invites club notices in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette announces its Neighbors section publishes public events and service club functions across Eastern Iowa. Send club news to Neighbors at P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Neighbors
P.O
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
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Schwinn
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Kirkwood Community College
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Rebs Linn Area Credit Union
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