Records of workers with long unbroken service across the country
Readers share stark tales of decades of toil with no sick days from Don Yockey a dishwasher in Long Beach to factory workers in Akron Detroit and Springfield. Personal losses and moral lessons emerge as families recount workers who valued work over life and even retirement. The piece contrasts drudgery with resilience and ends noting Mike Royko’s Saturday column.
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Auvy Unm
Long Beach
Calif
Don Yockey
Cal Ripken
Ripken
Yockey
Gls
Tom Hennessy
Akron
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Desire
Springfield
IBM
Majority again for Tennessee GOP
Two Democratic state legislators switched to the Republican Party in Tennessee, giving the GOP a Senate majority for the first time since Reconstruction. Nationwide, Republicans hold 19 state senates to 17 for Democrats, with 13 states featuring one party in the Senate and the other in the House. Nebraska's legislature is nonpartisan.
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Nashville, Tenn
GOP
Tennessee Senate
Tennessee
Senate
House
France imposes strict drunk driving law with two-glass limit
Paris law takes effect cracking down on blood alcohol content to a limit of 0.065 percent, equating to about two drinks. Violators face a 180 dollar fine and three-point loss on a 12-point license as officials cite 3,600 road deaths and 120,000 arrests last year.
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Paris
Burgundy
Sacre Bleu
Dominique LeValle
Versailles
United States
France
Europe
Transportation Ministry
Second pacemaker wire recalled amid implant warnings
Telectronics Pacing Systems told about 6,000 doctors to avoid using Encore J shaped pacemaker leads models 330-854 and 033-856 not yet implanted. Some 20,000 people, including 9,000 Americans, already have the wires in their chests. The recall contrasts with a January Accufix recall prompting surgery to remove a riskier wire.
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Telectronics
U.S
Corrections: Shultice Age Corrected in Board Complaint
The Gazette corrects Dr. Robert Shultice of Cedar Rapids age to 63 after an error in a Tuesday story about his complaint before the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners. Also notes two cheer squads Maquoketa Valley and Cedar Rapids Wilson Middle School competed in today’s Eastern Iowa Pompon competition at Westdale Mall, and that these squads were omitted from a Friday list. The Gazette will respond to accuracy complaints by readers. phone 398-8313.
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Pittsburgh
Ripken
Robert Shultice
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
Maquoketa Valley
Cedar Rapids Wilson Middle School
Iowa
Westdale Mall
Gazette
the Gazette
The Gazette Promotes Soy Ink and Recycling
The Gazette champions future farming by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to drop off used newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or utilize the nearest recycling location in Cedar Rapids area.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
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Dad
Mike Hansen
Tucson
Mike Royko
Nebraska
Trade Show Productions Ltd
FBI
SUN
Hawkeye Downs
Marion
Wire
Washington
Mid Continent
M-F
7Th Ave
National
Hawkeye
Amana Society
Art Cellar
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bob Zimmerman Ford Castle Sports Christ Community Church Church
Coca-Cola Carrel
Eckard
Econotoods
Fin & Feather First Federal Community Credit Union
Great Plains Supply Hall
Hawkeye Audio
Iowa Realty Arie
Ladco Inc
Linn Area Credit Union Longbranch
Piersons Florists Primestar
Ralston Creek
Redwing Shoes
Slumberland Smulehoft's
Sprint St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Wenceslaus Church
University of Iowa Sports Witness
Younkers
Iowa City
Pearle Vision
Lindale Mall
Nd Avenue SE
Cedar
DPC
Sprint Cellular
Blairs Ferry Rd
Dodge St
Dubuque
Second St
Coralville
University Ave
Waterloo
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