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Michael Gartner: Iowa's Embrace of Southeast Asian Refugees
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Program: A Promise Called Iowa
In 1975, nobody knew how bringing people who were so different to Iowa would work out. Michael Gartner says it was a good thing for everyone.
Michael Gartner is a third-generation Iowa newspaperman who started out answering phones in the sports department at The Des Moines Register when he was 15. He has had a varied career in the news business.
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Tags:Post Date: July 25, 2008
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