Gazette (Newspaper) - August 9, 1998, Cedar Rapids, Iowa LIFE BEFORE How lowans used to survive summer's heat IOWA TODAY SALT PEPPER Learning to live with gray or bald life & Leisure * RED HOT DECORATING bold splashes of red are trendy in interior design REAL ESTATE SURVIVAL GUIDE What you need to know about Linn and Johnson counties SPECIAL SECTION Sunday Aug. 9, 1998 FINAL VOL. 115 NO. 212 THE NEWSPAPER OF EASTERN IOWA 4~ High 86 Low 67 High 85 Low 64 Weather 24A Latest forecasts online r CEDAR Toll at 147 from blasts at U.S. embassies in Tanzania Kenya - Investigators began a painstaking search Saturday for clues to the terrorist bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and while American and Israeli rescue crews and sniffer dogs took over What terrorists stand to gain from 2A Victim to be a 2A - * the hunt for survivors in At least 147 including 11 died in the One bomb was believed to have exploded in a vehicle in the parking lot behind the embassy in which was monitored by closed-circuit television They could provide important but U.S. Ambassador Prudence Bushnell said she didn't know whether the cameras or film survived the Industries open market for electricity Deregulation is likely to be hot issue for + 1999 Iowa Legislature By Dale Kueter Gazette staff writer Where lowans buy their and whether it will cost more or are questions likely to generate hot debate in the next session of the Iowa Allan chairman of the Iowa Utilities expects recommendations will be made s Iowa running out of 1C during the 1999 session to deregulate the state's electric A legislative interim committee will hold hearings on the controversial issue in know industry is pushing hard for wanting to go out and make their own arrangements purchase said Sen. John of the it will be up to the Legislature to decide if Iowa moves to an open Iowa is among a majority of states that regulate a monopoly system in electric Utilities still have protected and rates are set by the Utilities Board rather than by Turn to 5A: Deregulation IN DE X 23A 2C 4F City 25A 6-8A 3F D 18E Iowa 15E 23A M C 5F 17A Pol. 8A Real B 23A G TV 5F 24A 20E 6 8 The which was sending 60 investigators to Nairobi and a separate team to the Tanzanian Dar es has said its top priority is to determine the type of vehicle and explosive device which spokesman Frank Scafidi said be like a fingerprint of who did The who was injured in the said at a news conference that she saw at least one burning vehicle behind the embassy bloody and somewhat she was led from a neighboring have no idea what kind of a vehicle it and that's one of the many questions that I hope is going to be answered in the next few days with the people who are coming she The suspected car just a few minutes and 450 miles apart on For updates on this call at 363-7000 or 337-7000, category 2527. turned busy streets in two African capitals into bloody piles of concrete and knots of The bombings caused outrage and grief in the United States and were national tragedies of immense proportions in Kenya and which have never before been targets of international With 4,257 people injured and 154 people still missing from the Nairobi medical facilities in Nairobi were Some victims were taken to hospitals 30 miles Turn to 2A: Bombings Twenty-four hours after a bomb exploded rescue workers pull put a man still AP photo outside the U.S. Embassy In alive In a neighboring t - 1 mm L r 1ft * i PHI mm But probes unlikely to spell end for mental institution F - i b T r 3-'. V 1 -I - ' I 11 r 1 By Rick Smith Gazette staff writer - Dan Randall seems a superstar Maybe it's the he freely dispenses or the way he makes eye contact with a Maybe it's just a quirk of his which causes him to return words put to him as if they were his Many of the other 274 residents communicate much less well at the State one of two Iowa institutions specializing in the care of the mentally retarded who also often suffer mental illness or severe behavioral Some don't speak words at That seems tq make at 35, a perfect candidate for those who believe many at Woodward can make a better life in a structured setting in the Appearances can say his Ray and Mary Jo Randall of With the Woodward facility back on its heels today following a bathtub drowning last the Randalls find themselves in the awkward position of praising an institution under state investigation and public the death does concern Mary Jo Randall think it's very But the Randalls have their own history of treatment including abuse and that ended some eight years ago when their with autism and a penchant for unpredictability and arrived at taken us 30-plus years to find a Dan's mother happy To our knowledge he's gotten very good And we are parents who check on him every week or Many of Dan's worst Turn to 4A: Woodward TOP The Administration Building at the Woodward State retains the feel of a state institution from an earlier In 1955, Woodward had a population of 2,000 residents and a staff of 350. 275 residents live in about 15 to a The staff numbers 617. Dan Randall of Solon works on the dock at the Woodward State where he has lived in recent Two days a week he rides in a facility truck to downtown Des Moines to Photos to The Gazette by Rodney White pick up paper for 000 phone workers on strike today NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of telephone workers went on strike early today in a walkout that could leave millions of callers from Maine to Virginia on hold. Negotiators representing 73,000 workers failed to reach an agreement before a midnight and employees prepared to picket at Bell Atlantic offices up and down the East union officials Bell South reached a tentative settlement with its union em- saving callers in the southeastern United States from possible service said Candice spokeswoman for the Communications Workers of Customers could experience delays using directory assistance or making collect Customer including repairs and is also likely to be now bring the fight to the and that's probably where we win all our battles said Anne secretary at CWA Local 1106 in New In New about 13,200 Bell Atlantic workers who are members of the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers agreed to continue working temporarily under their current But another 2,800 New England workers who are members of the Communications Workers of America may union officials said early Eddie a shop steward for the in said his union had worked out most of its issues with the telephone But he said the union would not sign a new contract until the company came to terms with the CWA and would honor CWA picket Workers began gathering outside Bell Atlantic offices in many of the affected and organized picketing was expected to begin later Holland employees V uled to work overnight shifts did not report to work at she The hiring of nonunion workers for some jobs and forced overtime had been stumbling blocks for management and union workers trying to negotiate a new Johnson H * issue for us is job security for our said Bob a CWA spokesman in New 0645914000038
