Gazette (Newspaper) - January 9, 1998, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Interview Dustin Hoffman says Hollywood as powerful as Washington Reviews of the and Good Will GOOD MORNING TODAY 4 High 28 Low 8 Friday Jan. 9, 1998 High 18 Low 5 Weather 14Ci Latest forecasts online FINAL VOL. 115 NO. 365 THE NEWSPAPER OF EASTERN IOWA CEDAR IOWA 50 CENTS today m Sandhill cranes making comeback Changing land-use practices drove the birds from Iowa more than 100 years but their numbers are rising Details in 1C and 5C. C.R. mission on receiving end An anonymous donor promises to kick in if the Olivet Neighborhood Mission Clothes Closet can raise another for a building Details in Kennedy student said he felt ill Josh Wood told a friend he didn't feel right the night before he collapsed at the Cedar Rapids school and De- Josh Wood Marriage in your new Comedian Jackie Mason will perform a marriage ceremony for Details in 8B. Illini hot in 76-64 win over Hawkeyes 3-point barrage was top much for the Iowa men's basketball team last night in 1C. tomorrow cool for ice skating With a winter blast finally arriving this it's time to dust off. those ice skates and show off your moves on the ice. A map of area rinks and operating hours can be found on The Saturday Sports Recreation index 8B Horoscope 12C Births 3B Legals 12B Money City Briefs 6C Classified 10B 8B 8C Crossword 11C 3B 2B 4A 1 - Mount Vernon Road plan told business owners not satisfied with early answers By Douglas Neumann Gazette staff writer Skeptical home and business owners looked last night at data and drawings related to a million improvement plan for Mount Vernon Few left satisfied with the limited answers they received from consultants from Snyder & which has been hired to do an environmental impact study for the But city officials hope more questions can be answered when the impact study is completed in It will research factors such as driveway parking and green space and noise and vibration effects on Plans show a fifth lane being added on Mount Vernon Road between 26th and 38th The expansion would allow two lanes of traffic in each direction with a center lane for left-hand turns from either Father of boy hurt on Mount Vernon Road focuses on pedestrian 12B A section from 42nd Street to Beaver Ridge Court would be widened to a with a traffic light added at East Post City Engineer Dave Elgin said last night that an additional stretch between 38th and 42nd streets also could be included in the project or added as a Turn to 6A: Mount Vernon PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS a New 8 Bs-lane v street Improvement improved Moun t Vernon Rd. SE A CEDAR RAPIDS Watery rescue Gazette photo by Buzz Orr Rescue workers remove Daniel 43, of Iowa from his pickup after an accident at 1:25 According to the Iowa State Baker was southbound on Interstate 380 when he fell and the vehicle went onto the shoulder and struck a The truck veered off Into Clear north of Interstate 80. who was trapped and had to be extricated from the was In condition last night at University Hospitals in Iowa Less than a year a 22-year-old University of Iowa Matthew drowned when the car he was driving left 1-380 and crashed into Clear Kaczynski apparently tried suicide Calif. - Theodore Kaczynski apparently tried to hang himself with his undershorts in his then agreed in court Thursday to undergo psychological tests to prove he is competent to himself in the Unabomber Undersheriff Lou Blanas marshals noticed Kaczynski was not wearing underpants when he changed in the courthouse Thursday morning from his prison jumpsuit to the street clothes he has been wearing in cell was searched and no underwear turned Blanas assume they were flushed down the he Courtroom ers said red marks were visible on Blanas said had recently seemed depressed - apparently his him as mentally said he been model prisoner during the past 18 months of Blanas said the suicide have taken place in a matter of a few Now Kaczynski will be placed on a 24-hour suicide watch and will have to wear w heart he Defense lawyers refused immediate It was not known whether the attorneys or U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell knew about the incident before the chaotic hearing Thursday in which Kaczynski asked to represent himself and agreed to undergo change of mind - he had vehemently resisted government efforts to have him examined by the trial into disarray for the second time this Opening arguments had been scheduled for Monday but were postponed until Thursday after Kaczynski asked the judge for permission to fire his Gazette map hottest year linked to global warming 1997 leads federal researchers to say humans partly to blame WASHINGTON - Last year was the warmest on record for planet and for the first time federal climate researchers are willing to say people are at least partly to wouldn't have been willing to say this two years I believe we are seeing evidence of global Warming at least some of which is attributable to human said Elbert research chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 1997 was the warmest year on added Tom a senior NOAA increasing trend of temperatures that we we is at least partially attributed to human such as pollution from cars and President speaking at a political fundraiser in New responded promptly to the need a national consensus to do something on global Clinton is and what we need is an understanding that we can grow the economy and still preserve the Karl said the average temperature last year was three-quarters of a degree Fahrenheit above Normal 61.7 the average for the years 1961-1990. The 1997 reading tops the previous warmest 1990, by 0.15 of a Global warming has been a topic of sharp debate in recent culminating in the climate conference last month in where government officials from around the world sought ways to reduce the potential impact of climate Many scientists believe that carbon and other gases released into the atmosphere by industrial activities are increasing the temperature by trapping heat from the somewhat like a Others and previously NOAA officials simply reported their findings without speculating on the cause of rising feel more comfortable now in saying there is a human effect because we have more data than said assistant NOAA administrator for oceanic and atmospheric * ff believe we are seeing evidence of global warming at least some of which is attributable to human * * Elbert National Oceanic and Atmospheric Legislators to revisit livestock Public interest in problems may result in fine-tuning law By Marlene Lucas Gazette rural affairs writer Public interest plus the time elapsed since 1995 livestock regulations took effect are enough to push that issue back into the laps of legislators in 1998. Legislators avoided the subject in 1997, in part because they wanted to give their 1995 livestock * Branstad proposes measures to encourage processing of agricultural products in 4B HF 519, a chance to Iowa was the first to heavily regulate pork and lawmakers didn't want to lose the industry other Now other states have adopted livestock so flight from Iowa is no longer as an Even North formerly thought of as the hog lot of the clamped a moratorium on hog farm expansion in WEB Pork producers propose rules to regulate selves 1997. Senate President Mary Des said she expects some action this session because urban legislators have discovered the issue is important to more than just rural think everybody has realized that it is a huge issue for whether they be rural or And when that starts to come tip from grass roots the way it there's much more motivation to find I really think that's happened over the she Added Senate Majority Leader Stewart it were criticized to some degree for not doing but I think if we would have just tried to push something I think that would have been he People are more aware of the issues and the timing is he Turn to 6A: Livestock By David Lynch Gazette Washington reporter WASHINGTON - Acknowledging that a federal crackdown is the pork industry has decided to help regulators regulate it. ' The National Producers in cooperation with America's Clean Water has signed off on what is called the Comprehensive Environmental Framework for Pork Production The report proposes recommendations for virtually every aspect of pork including site manure and disposal of dead according to the The report was completed just as the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has selected concentrated mal feeding operations as a target for more regulation concerning water Janet recently selected to head an EPA team that will work on the agriculture described the industry's proposed regulations a good have no memory of any other industry being this she Sen. Tom issued a statement saying pork producers deserve credit for taking a tough stance on the The report was developed after the water foundation conducted hearings in pork production states with state and local government as well as state and federal environmental and agriculture Environmental groups refused to saying that the talks were dominated by the 1 0645914000014
