[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 40 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE

 Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, one of Colorado's most prominent 
newspapers, the Colorado Springs Gazette, celebrated 125 years of 
service to the Pikes Peak region on March 23, 1997.
  Although known as the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph since 1947, 
the newspaper used its 125th birthday as an opportunity to return to 
its earlier roots as the Colorado Springs Gazette.
  Colorado Springs is one of Colorado's most vibrant communities having 
experienced tremendous growth in recent decades. It is home to some of 
our Nation's most important military facilities such as Fort Carson 
Army Base, Falcon Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force Academy and NORAD, 
U.S. Space Command, and the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air 
Force Base. Most recently, several prominent family values advocacy 
organizations have located in Colorado Springs.
  The founder of the newspaper, Gen. William Jackson Palmer, also is 
regarded as the founder of Colorado Springs. In fact, as the 125th 
anniversary edition of the Gazette pointed out, the city and the 
newspaper literally grew up together.
  The colorful history of Colorado Springs has been chronicled for 125 
years in the pages of the Colorado Springs Gazette and I join the State 
of Colorado in wishing its publisher, N. Christian Anderson III and the 
entire Gazette staff, congratulations.

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