Cedar Rapids sales tax vote ends in defeat for tax supporters
In Cedar Rapids the temporary sales tax proposal failed by a wide margin as opponents held their line while supporters faced the fallout. The column bluntly notes post election sourness, the覆盖 of media coverage, and reflections on bias and public perception. The writer critiques both sides and warns against triumphalism by winners.
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Corrections In Gazette Page Errors For Roosevelt High Reunion
The Gazette fixes the Roosevelt High School Class of 1948 contact list correcting the name to Russ Wiley with phone 319 393 5007. Three Sunday photos should be credited to The History Center from its collection. Cedar Rapids Community Concerts Association season membership is 30 dollars. Discovery on Sunday used an outdated figure. The Gazette will publish corrections or clarifications when reports are wrong. Phone 398 8313.
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Cedar Rapids Community Concerts Association
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A&w
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Aldi Foods
Iowa Fair Allen Motor Service
Capri Cosmetology
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Check N Go
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Diet Center
Dillard
Dreamworks Emucate
Eee
Foot & Ankle Specialists
Fox Eye Garnett
Guaranty Bank
Holley’s Men Shop
Iowa Foot & Ankle Clinic
Cpenney Kelly Bemus
Kirkwood Community Col
Lewellen Florist
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Iowa City
The Gazette Promotes Soybean Ink and Recycling
The Gazette highlights use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support agriculture. It urges readers to drop atomized newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or use the nearest recycling drop-off.
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July 1998 hottest month on record worldwide
Washington AP reports July 1998 was the hottest month ever, surpassing July 1997 by half a degree. Vice President Al Gore announced the data at a White House briefing, linking the trend to global warming as the administration backs Kyoto emission reductions.
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Texans
al Gore
White House
China faces flood blame amid Three Gorges project plan
The AP reports China spends 24.5 billion dollars and relocates over a million people to build the Three Gorges Dam as floods along the Yangtze peak. Critics warn the dam could worsen floods and share responsibility for the disaster while Wuhan and Jiujiang brace for further rises.
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China
Three Gorges
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Wuhan
Yangtze
Xinhua
Timeline of notable firsts and events from 1909 to 1991
Summary of key events: 1909 SOS distress signal used by an American ship off Cape Hatteras. 1934 Alcatraz saw first federal prisoners arrive in San Francisco Bay. 1954 Indochina peace after seven years of conflict. 1965 Watts riot in Los Angeles leaves 34 dead. 1984 Reagan radio joke sparks controversy. 1991 Shiite captors release two Western hostages in Lebanon.
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Jerome Leyrand
Associated Press
Clinton friend to testify in Lewinsky investigation
President Clinton ally and TV director Harry Thomason is being summoned to testify before a grand jury as investigators seek information about the president’s knowledge of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Thomason is due to testify, while Clinton plans to appear via closed circuit TV.
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Kenneth Starr
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Whitewater
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