Waterloo Courier (Newspaper) - November 13, 1997, Waterloo, Iowa Tax cuts GoV Branstad sets the bar at million for legislators Page A5 New story Key witness changes testimony at Nichols trial Page A2 East High plans its first school play in eight years this weekend Page Cl Winter sports preview Your complete guide to all the prep and college action INSIDE LAW High 30 WATERLOO FALLS FRIDAY'S FORECAST Snow likely Complete weather on B8 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 1997 50 cents 66 pages 7 sections Courier Online Waterloo police probe death Homicide DDL OOF nt Police found Howard A dead at his home at 1101 Short St Wednesday and are investigating his death as a homicide m Homicide victim was target of recent thefts By NATHAN PHELPS and CHARLOTTE EBY Courier Staff Writers WATERLOO Police are investigating the cide of an elderly Waterloo man whose home had been the target of recent thefts Officers were called to the home of Howard A Smith Sr at 1101 Short St around day after a family member reportedly found Smith's body in the home Sgt John Beckman public tion officer for the police department said investigators are not elaborating on the cause of death pending an autopsy That could come later in the day or early this evening at the State Medical Examiners office in Des Moines according to police and Black County Medical Examiner Dr Albert Dolan Police originally terming the incident a suspicious death began calling it a homicide investigation this morning had the home taped off and the street barricaded at access points this morning Beckman added there were no in the case this morning Howard Smith 1977 photo County Attorney Tom Ferguson declined comment on that matter while it is still under investigation Obviously we want to make sure that individuals or suspects aren't able of the things we he said A neighbor Alvin Bennett said Smith known to his neighbors as had lived in the neighborhood since he finished building his white home there in 1966 He was retired and had worked Central Railroad for more than 40 years See HOMICIDE page AS GREG BROWN Courier Staff Photographer Officers were called to the home of Howard A Smith Sr at HOi Short St around 6 p.m Wednesday after a family member reportedly found Smith's body In the home Iraq expels U.S arms inspectors U.S says order may have grave consequences BAGHDAD Iraq AP Iraq today ordered all American arms inspectors to leave the country escalating its crisis with the United Nations and heightening the possibility of a military confrontation The United States warned of grave consequences The demand came a day after the Security Council by a vote condemned Iraq imposed a travel ban on Iraqi officials and ened unspecified further measures if Iraq did not reverse its decision to kick out the six American members of weapons inspection teams Today's order announced by the Iraqi News Agency All can inspectors should leave Iraq immediately until the American administration and the Security Council decide to review their sponsible policy and their dealing with Iraq Iraq is pushing this issue to the brink and there are going to be some grave son U.S ambassador to the United Nations warned on ABC's Good Morning America This is an Iraqi attack on the world on the international he said President Clinton called an gency meeting of his foreign policy advisers and National Security Adviser Sandy in Washington stressed the meeting was not a signal of any imminent U.S action About Iraqis marched in the streets of the capital today before the expulsion order was announced shouting slogans in support of Iraqi See IRAQ page A8 Burning over a new leaf GREG BROWN Courier Staff Photographer Waterloo resident Jane Young raked and burned leaves In her front yard Wednesday She wants to get rid of them before the snow comes Evansdale pumped up about new truck stop Facility would be one of largest construction projects in Evansdale By NATHAN PHELPS Courier Staff Writer FDA combs over data on baldness cure m Popping a pill may be all it takes to restore locks WASHINGTON AP Merck Co wants to help balding men regrow their hair by merely popping a pill and today government will decide whether that's a safe thing to do If the Food and Drug tion agrees Merck's Propecia would become the first pill for American men The only option now for bald men who want to grow hair is to slather Rogaine on their scalps Propecia works by suppressing a hormone that shrinks hair follicles It's not a miracle Dr Ronald Savin a dermatologist in New Haven Conn who helped test the drug The new hair is not like anybody ever had when they were Savin said But it is an obvious difference I've got to tell you I've seen the pictures the before and after and it's impressive Propecia actually is a lower dose of already used for enlarged prostates called For the merely Merck says a safe dose is 1 milligram a day of the active ingredient not the pills that prostate patients take The lower dose would also be available only by prescription Merck says Propecia would not be marketed to women because of the threat of birth defects Doctors even tell women not to touch the pills for fear the drug could be absorbed through their skin See BALDNESS page AS It appears the nation's one retailer of diesel fuel is ready to fill in Evansdale A Flying J truck stop is in the works along Evansdale Drive on the city's east sideband could be ready to shift into high gear next year We just wanted one of our said Ron Parker vice- president of real estate for Brigham City Flying J Inc It's just a market we thought we wanted to be in It's a good market The new truck stop will be perched in an area that has seen explosive growth in the past decade With the Elk Run Truck Plaza Ramada Limited motel and a McDonald's restaurant the dale Run Road corridor between Interstate 380 and Waterloo's northeast trial area is a haven for truckers and travelers While the company has yet to buy the property Parker anticipates the truck stop opening sometime next year Plans call for a to square foot million building housing a restaurant and three fast-food windows ing pizza by the slice and oriental food a convenience store and truckers lounge It will sell diesel fuel and gas There is no doubt the tion project would be one of the largest in the city's history dale Mayor John Mardis said It will be one of the company's The Wew Flying J Truck Stop to be located here would be one of Evansdale's projects smaller facilities The largest of the 108 Flying Js in North America is about square feet The company which is reportedly eyeing an 11 acre tract of land in Evansdale already operates stops in the Des Moines suburb of Clive and in Davenport along Interstate SO The new truck stop would be located about a quarter of a mile closer to the interstate than Elk Run Truck Plaza built in 1989 and located on the east side of the road just inside Elk Run Heights Truck Plaza General Manager Gary Langston said he expects to see an impact on business at first but increased traffic in the area will level out sales down the road He noted there was a similar in sales at Junie's rant part of Elk Run Truck Plaza when McDonald's opened its doors He said that addition brought more traffic to the area Probably Flying J will do the same said Langston who heard of the possible arrival of ing J several months ago He added that Elk Run Truck Plaza may expand Junie's See TRUCK STOP page AS Engineers were out of their depth with plan to raise river seek new solutions Army Corps meets with Sans Souci residents about improving channel By TIM JAMISON Courier Staff Writer A biologist with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers sees two options for returning the Cedar River in Waterloo to is former use as a raise the water or lower the riverbed John Betker regional project ager for the Corps of Engineers was one of several federal state and local officials who met with residents of Sans Souci Island Wednesday to dis- cuss how siltation has made the popular boating area virtually gable Raising a dam owned by ican Energy in the downtown area or dredging the river appear to be the only ways to deepen the river channel Betker said Boating enthusiasts oring for years to return the river to its former glory but finding a solution and money to pay for it has been elusive Mayor John Rooff invited Betker and officials with the Iowa ment of Natural Resources to a chilly meeting on the Cedar River banks to look firsthand at the problems Rooff called the meeting after the reconstruction of a wing dam on the south side of Sans Souci last spring apparently backfired It was thought rebuilding the dam would force more water back into the Cedar's main channel on the north side of the island and scour out the river bed Instead it's helped create a growing sand bar near island dwellers boat docks Jack Riessen DNR superintendent See RIVER page A8 INDEX Bridge DI D2 a I Cipher a D5 I Classified H I Comics C6 I Crossword a BS Dally Record C2 I 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