Pig War saga and a pig that sparked a near war
Gus Schrader recalls the 1859 Pig War between the United States and Britain at San Juan Island. A hog’s death led to 461 American soldiers and 2 140 British troops with 167 guns, none fired, as arbitration by Kaiser Wilhelm I settled the border in 1871. The area remains a visitor site near Roche Harbor.
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Gettysburg
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Guess
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Roche Harbor
Investigators seek cause after USAir 427 crash in Pittsburgh
safety board official Carl Vogt said two more thrust reversal actuators were found raising questions about potential involvement in the crash that killed all 132 aboard. He cautioned the investigation has no definite theory yet and noted the engine did not deploy its reverser.
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Portation Safety Board
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Clinton lets Arkansas law license lapse
President Clinton failed to pay $50 annual dues to the Arkansas bar by March 1, suspending his license and preventing him from practicing in Arkansas. Clerk Leslie Steen noted the issue, adding payment plus a $50 fine could restore the license, while Hillary Rodham Clinton has let hers lapse as well.
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Arkansas
Leslie Steen
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Steen
White House
Dee Dee Myers
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Request to Reprint Gazette Article
To secure permission send a letter explaining what you’d like to reprint and how it will be used to Managing Editor The Gazette P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406.
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Digging into Boston's North End reveals colonial life
Historians uncover 150000 artifacts from a two block area slated for the Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel project. Finds include leather shoe parts clay pipes bottles of herbal medicine surgical instruments and a George I halfpenny. Archaeologists expect to catalog finds by early next year.
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A Eomelines Inc
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Archaeology Quiz Based on Digging Story
A set of true false statements about a Boston area dig mentions John Carnes as a 18th century pewtersmith and a single archaeologist studying finds, with claims about Boston North End housing in the 1600s and 1700s, digging nine feet under a parking lot, and various artifacts. The answer key marks most assertions false with few true notes regarding colonial parasites and post dig practices.
Gazette Encourages Recycling Drop at Sixth Street Site
The Gazette urges readers to recycle, mentioning the Sixth Street SW location as a drop point for newspaper recycling and reuse on their recycled newsprint page.
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