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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 2000
Page
2
Mike Deupree riffs on high gas costs and public irritations from shoulder belts to car wash rage. He jokes that oil-barons and political spin drive prices, then satirizes charges against Clinton-Gore and Gulf War allies, ending with contact info for his Iowa column.
The Gazette corrects an earlier report stating Jeff Hass is serving life for Leah Warn's murder with the updated age of 30. The paper invites complaints about accuracy and will publish corrections in this space with contact at 398-8313.
The Gazette highlights use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support agriculture. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton 4250 Sixth St SW or at their nearest recycling location.
Readers are invited to share tips for stories and photos with Cedar Rapids and Iowa City newsroom lines and a national tip line. Include contact phone numbers for callbacks and details to assist editors in verifying information.
Massachusetts implements consumer protection style gun rules banning cheap Saturday night specials and mandating childproof locks, tamper resistant serial numbers, chamber indicators, safety warnings, and rapid notice to manufacturers and sellers. The new policy is challenged by gun owners with calls for enforcement debate and spot checks begin within 15 days.
Massachusetts becomes the first state to regulate handguns like consumer products. Rules require tamper resistant serial numbers, internal or hidden engravings, built in locks, child proofing such as higher trigger tension, chamber indicator for semi autos, and bans cheap “Saturday night specials.”
NATO troops arrested Momcilo Krajisnik at his Pale home in a pre dawn raid leading to his indictment on genocide and war crimes charges. The 55 year old is one of the Balkans worst perpetrators linked to orchestrating ethnic cleansing and civilian massacres. He faces a maximum life sentence if convicted and is expected to plead this week before the Yugoslav tribunal.
Dutch family sailing near Honduras were boarded by four gunmen suspected drug traffickers. Willem van Tuijl, 13, was hit by an AK-47 and paralyzed from the waist down. HAM radio help guided his father to a Dallas hospital for treatment.
The Supreme Court will hear a Nebraska case that could affect 30 state bans on what opponents call partial birth abortion. The Justice Department sought to participate but was turned down in an unusual ruling.
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