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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1997
Page
3
The State Department suspended enforcing a plan to seize license plates from diplomats who fail to pay parking tickets, as talks continue with the United Nations over how the program should operate amid ongoing tension in New York.
Tens of thousands in Grand Forks North Dakota urged to flee as Red River breaches flood defenses. Emergency officials warn basements will fill by morning and advise evacuees to stay with relatives if possible. Residents abandon downtown streets and cars as flood waters spread rapidly through the city.
National Guardsmen with state and federal officials used heavy gear and ropes to haul away up to 1,000 dead cattle from ponds, creeks, and sloughs near Napoleon as 90,000 cattle died in a spring blizzard flood. Officials warn water runoff could spread disease while cattle from Jim Bitz's ranch were among those recovered.
Prosecutors trim their Oklahoma City bombing case against Timothy McVeigh focusing on the April 19 1995 blast. They drop tainted FBI lab experts and testimony about where the bomb was built and how it was paid for. They plan a lean presentation centered on the truck rental evidence and McVeighs anti government views.
A dispute over custody of czarist jewels halted a United States tour. Russian Embassy cars blocked a tractor trailer carrying a $100 million collection from the Corcoran Gallery to Houston. The conflict pits the Russian embassy against the American Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation over display rights and contracts.
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