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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1995
Page
11
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A dense agenda lists a full day of government meetings in Cedar Rapids and Marion plus lectures, exhibits, music, books, career events, a clinic, and a recycling truck event. The day features sessions of the Cedar Rapids City Council Linn County Board of Supervisors and various boards, with lectures at Cornell and Coe Colleges, performances by Boyz II Men, and community activities at Cornell, Coe, and Kirkwood venues.
Lottery results list include Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings with midday and evening numbers. The Little Lotto numbers are 4 10 18 22 28 and the 6 of 54 jackpot stands at 6 million dollars.
Birth notices from Mercy and St Luke's list April 16 17 and 17 at addresses in Marion and Ely, with new sons and daughters for multiple couples including Karen and Darryl High Jan and Larry Andressen Tereasa Weaver and Melanie and Brad Steffens. The page also includes garbled data on degree days and a yearly total through April 16 1995 compiled by Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co.
The Log records drunken driving charges with time and arrest locations. Doug Norton 34 at Coldstream Ave and Circle Dr NE Sunday. Archie Faulkner 36 second offense at 6000 block of Sixth St SW Monday. Jeffery Beerman 32 at 1300 block of F Ave NW Saturday. Jeffrey Byrd 25 of Tipton Saturday at Highways 30 and
Sen. Richard Lugar tours Kirkwood swine facilities and discusses the 1995 farm bill with The Gazette editorial board. He proposes phasing out subsidies, cutting crop target prices, and replacing taxes with a federal sales tax up to 17 percent to spur savings and investment while preserving farm viability and a secure economy.
Gov Terry Branstad blasted the Senate confirmation process after seven confirmations failed and six appointees received one year probation. He urged a simple majority vote to end minority gridlock, while Senate leaders resisted expanding the governor s powers and signaled potential but uncertain reform this session.
The Iowa House passed a broad ICN reform bill 84 to 11, boosting fiber network funding to 23.2 million and authorizing more staff and agency use subsidies while limiting non authorized access. The measure returns to the Senate as a related plan explores selling or converting the ICN to a public utility. Gov Branstad endorses exploring a sale under conditions prioritizing education use.
Two boa constrictors seized in a March Cedar Rapids drug raid were stayed from euthanization by Mayor Larry Serbousek. A South Dakota quasi zoo will assume care under a long term loan while the city studies amending the venomous snakes ordinance and the costs of shipping. Residents Bradley Harrelson and Timothy Kohrs faced drug and firearm charges.
Wellington Heights residents oppose a church project that would require removal of several houses for parking and worship space. Officials aim to salvage reusable materials and move some homes, while preserving community ties and neighborhood houses.
In Seattle dry dock civilians toured the Laffey to show war bond readers the damage and stories. The ship returned to sea in September as WWII ended. The Laffey, nicknamed The Ship That Would Not Die, survived 1945 attacks that sank 263 ships. Now a Charleston naval museum, it honors 31 fallen and 290 survivors.
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