Drugmobile on Tour in Cedar Rapids This Week
The Kiwanis clubs of Cedar Rapids sponsor a three day Drugmobile display with graphic displays and pictures to promote Operation Drug Alert Games Without Winners. It will visit Grant Wood and Grant schools and Lindale Plaza with hours varying by day and will transport about 2500 fifth graders to view the unit.
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Jesse Hunter
Grant Wood School
Grant School
Lindale Plaza
Hunter
Dudley Draxton
Cedar Rapids Community
Kiwanis
Iowa
Nebraska
Central City
Waterloo
Texas vagrancy law struck down in Texas
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Daniel Dean Baker's conviction for carrying an illegal weapon, ruling Texas vagrancy laws unconstitutional. The court held that criminalizing poverty is unjust and that the warrantless search of Baker after his arrest was illegal.
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Austin
Texas
UPI
Daniel Dean Baker
Lubbock
Baker
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Wendell A. Odom
Odom
City Sinking Bangkok Faces Flood Risk Within Years
Bangkok engineers warn the city is sinking after canal conversion to roads and predict widescale flooding within five or six years. Officials caution about rising water and the need for adaptation.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Government urged to buy private park land urgently
An advisory panel asked Congress to freeze inholdings inside national park boundaries and set a fixed value for federal purchase. The report cites degraded landscapes and costly municipal services to enclaves, urging priority buyout over new park acquisitions and noting funding emergencies in the National Park system.
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Washington
National Park Service
Congress
Housekeeping and Landlor
Lyndon B. Johnson
National Park System
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Say End Private Park Holdings
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Dial
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Armstrong Fabrics
Ian
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Oneida Wu
America
Trad
Emarks of Oneida Ltd
Armstrong Gifts & China
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