howard gelt
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YESTERYEAR: Rustlers set record on fair visit, Ferraro chases Dem dollars
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Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Forty Front Range bigwigs piled aboard a chartered Continental Airlines airplane loaded down with stuffed animals and other memorabilia for the brief return flight from Pueblo after yet another successful venture by the Denver Rustlers. More than $75,000 in contributions went to the junior livestock…
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BARTELS: Secretary Wayne Williams reflects on icons Bill Armstrong, Howard Gelt
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Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams crossed paths with Republican Bill Armstrong and Democrat Howard Gelt, political icons who died last week. Armstrong died July 5, Gelt July 8. Colorado mourned the deaths of both men, who made such an impact on the state. (Check out the Secretary of State blog for separate stories on Armstrong, the guy…
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BARTELS: Howard Gelt was the go-to guy, the unsung force – 1943-2016
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Howard Gelt, the kid who got kicked out of military school and continued a rebellious streak for years, left his mark on Colorado in a number of ways, from politics to transportation to the arts. A pioneer for women’s rights, he helped found the Colorado NARAL chapter. At 6-foot-5, he appeared like a giant when…
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Benson looks ahead to reapportionment, friends toast Armstrong’s career
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Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … State Republican Party Chairman Bruce Benson warned about the looming redistricting and reapportionment fight in a “message from the chairman” that led the Republican half of the Statesman’s traditional upside-down double issue, printed when the Republicans and Democrats held their state assemblies the same weekend.…
