Bill aims to speed family notification after air crashes
Congressional action proposes airline plans for tragedy handling and a NTSB family advocate to improve liaison among airlines families and government. Rep. Bud Shuster leads the effort after Flight 800, which killed 235 people including 21 from Montoursville.
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TWA
U.S
Bud Shuster
R-Pa
Shuster
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Long Island
Congressional Quarterly
National Transportation Safety Board
Pennsylvania
Montoursville
Gedies
Teachers Tour Today's Workplaces in Careers 101 Program
Schoolteachers, including counselors, visited Cedar Rapids workplaces as part of Careers 101 to see business and technology changes. Programs like Teacher at Work by Grant Wood Area Education Agency help teachers beyond high school age, shaping student outlooks toward career paths.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Careers 101
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Tone down violence in media say Dole and Clinton
Joan Beck argues that reducing violence in films and television is feasible and urgent. She cites Harvard Mental Health Letter findings linking media violence to aggression, recommends more educational programs, parental controls, and public support to push studios and broadcasters toward less violent content.
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Joan Beck
Bob Dole
Hollywood
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Tobacco Company
Honchos
Harvard Mental Health Letter
L. Rowell Huesmann
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Jessica Moise
University of Michigan
Harvard
Birthright citizenship under attack in GOP platform edit
The Chicago Tribune editorial denounces a proposed constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to alien parents not long-term residents. It warns such a move would create second class or noncitizens and cautions it may not be struck from the platform.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
Republican Party
Supreme Court
GOP
Iowa Ties Strong Between Cedar Rapids Friends and Russian Musicians
Julia Sakharova and Marina in Moscow and Stavropol area recall support from Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School figures, Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids, and Dr. Canady. The gifted violinist, once helped by Iowa surgeons, travels Europe performing while facing hardship at home. Charles Mehaffey retires from Asbury United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon.
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Patricia
Russia
Stavropol
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Maria Zhenikova
Varvara Govorkova
Varvara
Moscow
Marina
Julia Sakharova
Julia
Terry Branstad
John Canady
The
Macro
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Rotary Club of
Cedar Rapids
Gellednevodsk
Tchaikovsky School
Moscow Conservatory
Nina Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Union of Women
Society of Charity
Dr. Canady
Charles Mehaffey
Asbury
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Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services
Sniff
Europe
Germany
France
Switzerland
Vladimir Spivakov
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