Cedar Rapids golf study eyed as youth sparked by Tiger Woods
The City considers a master plan to study four public courses Ellis Jones Twin Pines and Squaw Creek and possibly add a fifth at Tuma Park. A $35 000 to $40 000 consultant study would come from golf revenues and expand analysis to sustain and improve the courses amid rising youth interest.
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Airport National Golf Course
Cedar Rapids
Dale Todd
Tom Laurenz
Ellis, Jones
Twin Pines
Squaw Creek
Tuma Park
Lee Clancey
Tiger Woods
After Bombings Questions Remain About Perpetrators
In the wake of the blasts, officials and analysts debate who struck first and why while rescue efforts continue and the death toll rises. President Clinton vows to pursue killers and keep leadership, warning that backing down would aid terrorism.
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Knight Ridder
Gazette
U.S
Clinton
United States
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Hatch
Oklahoma City
Africa
Reassessing Cold War Heroes in an Anniversary Lens
James Pinkerton argues that public esteem for World War II veterans prompts a reexamination of Cold War figures. He traces 50th anniversary moments like D-day and Arlington monuments, notes revisionist debates on Truman and the atomic bomb, and cites Ambrose and Chace supporting a more favorable view of postwar leaders amid looming NATO and Korea milestones.
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Pickett
Gettysburg
Wilson
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Private Ryan
Clinton
Normandy
Forces of Freedom
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Josef Stalin
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Stephen Ambrose
Soviet Union
Ambrose
Marshall
Acheson
George Marshall
Dean Acheson
United States
James Chace
Kremlin
NATO
Why atheists object to the Ten Commandments display
A reader argues atheists object not to the ethics of commandments but to a display in a judge's courtroom. They suggest the key issue is the proclamation "I am the Lord, your God" and offer secular rephrasings of several commandments while noting laws on theft, murder, adultery, oaths, and Sabbath rest.
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Alabama
American Civil Liberties Union
Lord
Smoking ads and taxes spark a mixed reaction in the public
The writer critiques anti smoking arguments about a cigarette tax aimed at reducing youth smoking. He mocks claims that working people bear the burden and cites a Benson and Hedges ad with a Surgeon General warning as evidence. He notes past attempts to quit and ends with a sardonic note about freedom to smoke if one chooses.
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Benson & Hedges Cigarettes
Readers urged to send letters to The Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include your name hometown and daytime phone. Provide address Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or fax 398-5846 or email gazette fyiowa.com. only name and hometown will appear with the letter.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Neighborhood residents oppose high density development at intersection
Local homeowners invite the public to a 3 p.m. Cedar Rapids City Planning Commission meeting at City Hall basement to oppose a Ron and Jerry Grubb proposed commercial project promising two and three story buildings and 2000 additional cars. The group calls for stopping what they call property saturation and to urge city officials to protect homes and open spaces.
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Boyson Road
Council Street
Ron
Jerry Grubb
Cedar Rapids
Who Picked That Airport Name Poll Sparks Nationwide Confusion
In a Chelan Gazette style dispute, a Tel-Us poll showed 397 of 403 preferred Cedar Rapids over Eastern Iowa for the airport name. A reader’s own survey of 50 echoes confusion over naming origins and local choice.
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Tel-Us
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
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Harry Truman
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First Avenue
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