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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
A July 26, 1937, newspaper item reported, "Fran Allison, singer of WMT, Waterloo, Ia., makes her network debut in the WJZ-NBC club matinee at 3." [ 6 ] Beginning in 1937, she was a regular performer on The Breakfast Club , [ 3 ] a popular Chicago originating national radio show, and was a fixture for 25 years as "Aunt Fanny", a gossipy small ...
Allison is a city in, and the county seat of, Butler County, Iowa, United States. [3] The population was 966 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] Allison is home to the Butler County Fair. [ 5 ]
Allison won his only Cup title at the age of 45. Allison won his only Cup Series championship at the age of 45 in 1983. Despite being one of NASCAR’s best drivers throughout the late 1960s and ...
In October 2018, DNA was covertly collected from an Iowa man, Jerry Lynn Burns, and was found to match the sample discovered on Martinko's clothing. [2] [3] [4] Burns was arrested and, on February 24, 2020, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Martinko. On August 7, 2020, Burns was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Allison was the namesake of Allison, Iowa, the county seat of Butler County. The Allison-Henderson Park in Dubuque was named in honor of Allison and a fellow Dubuque icon, US House Speaker David B. Henderson. There is an imposing memorial to Allison by sculptor Evelyn Beatrice Longman on the grounds of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
Claude Rodman Porter (July 8, 1872 – August 17, 1946) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both chambers of the Iowa General Assembly and as a United States Attorney, and was a perennial Democratic Party runner-up to Republican victors in three races for governor of Iowa and six races for U.S. senator.