McMurrin Orchestra Tours Ukraine Ties to Monticello
McMurrin brings his orchestra and chorus to Monticello High School for a 7:30 p.m. concert to benefit the Monticello School Foundation. The 1,500-seat gym hosts about 1,500 attendees with tickets at 15 for adults and 10 for students. The program includes Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Rachmaninov Vespers, Ukrainian folk tunes, and Gershwin, with backstories of Kyiv church work and a book about the family's mission.
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Debate on Iowas 1st District issues and impeachment
The candidates discuss partisan attacks and the Clinton impeachment matter. Rush attacks partisan investigations while Bush favors progress and says a censure may be enough for Clinton. Leach urges open mind but criticizes intrusiveness and notes perjury as a serious issue. He acknowledges a resignation as a possible outcome but defers to the president.
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Cedar Rapids
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Kenneth Starr
Gazette KCRG to Host Debate for 1st District Candidates
The Gazette and KCRG TV9 will host Rep. Jim Leach and challenger Bob Rush at a 1st Congressional District forum on October 25. The televised debate will run from 5 to 6 p.m. and will not be open to the public.
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Congressional clash over trade, spending and farm aid
The president opposed a trade bill for lacking pro compet ition provisions against cheap child labor. Supporters praised a transportation bill for about 200 million in five years, while Bush warned against an $80 billion election-year tax cut.
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America
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Lincoln Highway to Highway 30 fades from Main Street
The Lincoln Highway era noted in Iowa shifts from 49 towns with the highway as main streets in 1916 to today where Highway 30 runs through few towns. Dee Liercke, 89, recalls its change and her memories along Clarence's business district while serving travelers in the 1920s.
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Iowa
Clarence Business District
Dee Liercke
Liercke
Loupes Drug Store
Lincoln Highway memories and progress across Iowa counties
The Gazette TV summary mentions ongoing Lincoln Highway work in Linn Cedar Tama and Benton counties with historian Lyell Henry and Liz Mathis. Ruth Hartwig 88 and Elmer Bixler 89 recall malted milks and reflect on changes as they question future highway updates in their town.
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Benton
Liz Mathis
Lyell Henry
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Linn
Cedar Counties
Ruth Hartwig
Elmer Bixler
de Witt
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Wartburg College
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Interstate 30 on track to four lanes across Iowa
The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission aims to expand Highway 30 to four lanes from Ames to Clinton, with several bypasses already open or planned. Projects near Cedar Rapids, Benton County, Marshalltown, Tama Toledo, and Mount Vernon Lisbon are slated for completion over the next five to six years, as planners weigh history and traffic relief.
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Tama
Toledo
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Harry Budd
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Lincoln Highway themed items and teaching ideas highlighted
A review of the children's book Link Across America about the Lincoln Highway is paired with teaching aide suggestions. The piece notes two related sites at www.gazetteonline.com special lincoln index and includes library context from Harding Middle School.
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Historic cafe to be demolished for highway project
The Youngville Cafe in Benton County built in 1931 faces demolition as part of the Highway 30 and Highway 218 intersection reconstruction. Volunteers secured grants including a DOT fund to renovate the site as a visitors center while preserving historic corridors.
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