Pinball Wizards Included In World Records Book
Ethan Larson of Iowa City is among Eastern Iowans named in Walter Day's Guinness style Twin Galaxies Official Video Game and Pinball Book of World Records. Also noted is brain cancer cluster study subject Lyle Miller who died at 46 from a brain tumor. Memorial Stadium opens its 50th baseball season with the Kernels versus Quad City River Bandits. Two volunteer firefighters died in a propane tank explosion sparked by two teenagers in northwest Iowa.
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Ethan Larson
Iowa City
Wellman
Lyle Miller
Kernels
Quad City River Bandits
Memorial Stadium
Iowa
TV Movie Portrays Lincoln’s Last Day
Actors Lance Henriksen and Rob Morrow studied Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth to prepare for the TNT film The Day Lincoln Was Shot which airs Sunday Details in TV Vision.
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Lance Henriksen
Rob Morrow
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
TV Vision
Mysteries of miracles told by Eastern Iowans healing hand
Eastern Iowans share stories of miraculous healing and faith. Cedar Rapids historians await a local historic district ordinance as preservationists push for protection of historic sites in the area.
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Cedar Rapids
Home & Real Estate
Sunday’s Gazette
New beginning for Northern Ireland after 30 years of conflict
Negotiators backed by George Mitchell reach a historic accord promising a new beginning for Northern Ireland after 30 years of sectarian violence. The 108 seat Stormont assembly would be elected in June, with power sharing between Protestants and Catholics enshrined, though hard liners vow to oppose parts of the deal.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Oliver Napier
Alliance
Britain
Irish Republic
Tony Blair
Bertie Ahern
Ahern
Mitchell
Clinton
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Hun
Stormont
Quadruplets born during Reno bowling trip
Kimberly and Daniel Grahm of Cedar Rapids welcomed identical quadruplets at 26 weeks gestation after Kimberly's preterm contractions intensified during Daniel's bowling trip to Reno. The four girls Ashley Irene, Lindsey Lucille, Kara Colleen, and Alyssa Anne weighed 1 pound 15 ounces, 1 pound 12 ounces, 1 pound 11 ounces, and 1 pound 9 ounces respectively.
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Dale Kueter
Imberly
Daniel Grahi
Cedar Rapids
Reno
Nev
Kimberly
Daniel
Iowa City
Ashley Irene
Lindsey Lucille
Kara Colleen
Alyssa Anne
Kimberly Grady
Alyssa
University Hospitals
Cedar Rapids Schools Weigh 16 Teaching Cuts
Cedar Rapids district mulls eliminating 16 teaching positions and four custodial jobs to trim next year’s budget by 1.3 million dollars. 23 teachers received RIF notices as talks with the teachers union move toward binding arbitration.
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Finch
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Cedar Rapids
Coraville man linked to four Iowa City bank robberies
Investigators tied Daniel J. Jensen to four bank robberies in the Iowa City Coralville area after secret videotape comparison and handwriting analysis. Jensen, 35, of Coralville, faced charges in Davenport after an arrest at a Ninth Street apartment. the robberies occurred December 1 to March 17 at four financial institutions.
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Jensen
U.S. District Court
Davenport
Coralville
Iowa City
U.S
Thomas Shields
Ninth Street
University of Iowa Community Credit Union
Muscatine Ave
Iowa State Bank & Trust Co
First Ave
First National Bank
E. Washington St
Hills Bank and Trust Co
Living Last Supper at St Mark’s United Methodist Church
Members of St Mark’s United Methodist Church re create Jesus final meal with his disciples in a Living Last Supper drama at 4700 Johnson Ave NW The performance based on the Leonardo da Vinci painting has become a Holy Week tradition.
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St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Johnson Ave
Jesus
Randy Faber
Nathanael
Jeff Chittick
James the Lesser
Rick Schwarting
Andrew
Bart Showalter
Judas
Larry Elgin
Peter
Duane Voshell
John
Dan Drake
Brad Leichsenring
Thomas
Mark Harrison
James
Jason Showalter
Philip
Ken Bell
Matthew
Keith Krosa Jr
Thaddeus
David Berry
Simon the Zealot
Leonardo da Vinci
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