Baseball scores from the day across leagues
American League results include Rangers 6 White Sox 1 Orioles 2 Mariners Brewers 16 Blue Jays 2 Indians 2 Twins 1 Angels 2 Red Sox 0 Athletics 8 Yankees 6. National League games show Cubs 6 Giants 5 Pirates 7 Padres Expos 3 Braves 2 Cardinals 3 Astros 3 Mets at Dodgers listed as late.
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Mariners
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Red Sox
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Padres Expos
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Historic Peoples Church Receives Roof Overhaul
Cedar Rapids historic Peoples Church, among the city’s oldest houses of worship, is getting a facelift with a new roof as part of ongoing restoration. Details on page 1B.
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C.R
Historic Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids
Corn Prices Trigger Loan Extension Move
Rep. Dave Nagle of Iowa lobbies for a six month extension on corn backed farm loans due as prices slump. The note cites adverse effects from falling corn prices and directs readers to page 7C for details.
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Dave Nagle
Iowa
Skillett Brothers Spur Hawkeye Basketball Path
Jeff Skillett, former University of Iowa football standout, helps pave the way for Kevin Skillett to join the Hawkeyes from Augustana. The transfer will showcase his basketball talents on court. Details on page 1C.
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Jeff
University of Iowa
Kevin Skillett
Hawkeye
Augustana
Higher water benefits Coralville Lake
A plan to hold water 3 feet higher this fall at Coralville Lake should aid boaters and walkers by increasing lake access and shoreline habitat. Details appear on page 6C.
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Coralville Lake
Money cant buy happiness but buys many distractions
The line notes that money cannot guarantee happiness yet enables purchasing distractions to cope with troubles, implying wealth provides more ways to escape or momentarily ease distress. It frames money as a tool for temporary relief rather than lasting contentment.
Woods Portrays Roy Cohn in HBO Film Citizen Cohn
James Woods stars as Roy Cohn in HBOs Citizen Cohn. The piece notes Cohn as chief counsel to Senator McCarthy during the 1950s witch hunts and quotes Woods calling him the rotting underbelly of American politics for 40 years.
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Woods
HBO
Roy Cohn
Joe McCarthy
James Woods
Cohn
TV Vision
Largest C R apartment complex proposed in Cedar Rapids
A 656 unit apartment complex named Pear Tree Village is proposed by Missouri developer Lawrence Kelly on 37 acres at C Avenue and 74th Street NE in northern Cedar Rapids. The project, within Linn-Mar School District, would cost an estimated 18 million dollars and be built in phases. Planning Commission to review the rezoning Sept. 15.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Lawrence Kelly
Edina
C Avenue
74Th Street
Bowman Woods
R.W. Rinderknecht Co
Pear Tree Village
Linn-Mar
Glen Easterday
Kelly
Planning Commission
Park Towne
Center Point Road
42Nd Street
Stephen Nelson
Bush pledges across the board tax cuts if re elected
President Bush addressing the Republican convention vows January tax cuts funded by reducing entitlement programs including Medicare and Medicaid. He criticizes Clinton taxes and promises spending limits to avoid deficits while framing Democrats as gridlocked. Quayle cites a cultural divide as he argues for right choices.
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Gazette Wire Services
Ouston
Bush
Bill Clinton
Congress
Clinton
White House
Dan Quayle
Quayle
Bush acceptance speech praised by Iowa delegates
Iowa delegates at the Republican National Convention praised George Bush after his acceptance speech. Governor Terry Branstad hailed the address as boosting Bush's political fortunes while noting his no new taxes pledge reversal. Critics and professors considered the speech a strong bid to appeal to farmers and voters nationwide.
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Ouston
Bush
Iowa
Tom Latham
Alexander
Terry Branstad
Ceding
Ray Dearin
Iowa State University
Dearin
Branstad
U.S
George Bush
Sharon Rexroth
Burlington
Penford fined for safety violations after fatal Cedar Rapids crash
The state OSHB charged Penford Products Co. with 44 safety violations after a May 16 fatal fall at the Cedar Rapids plant that killed Eugene Maudsley, 36. Fines totaled 91,800, with 88,200 for serious violations and 3,600 for less serious infractions.
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Antionette
Taylor-Thomas Gazette
State Occupational Safety and Health Bureau
OSHB
Penford Products Co
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Maudsley
Penford
Maudsley
Mercy Medical Center
AT&T to close Cedar Rapids credit center
AT&T will close its Cedar Rapids national credit center at 517 Third Ave SW, idling 128 employees. The center handles credit for residential customers and small business lessees. Closures affect other centers in Atlanta Denver and Springfield with work moving to Salt Lake City and Jacksonville.
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George C. Ford
At&t
National Credit Center
Cedar Rapids
Third Ave
National Credit
Atlanta
Denver
Colo
Springfield
Mass
Sting the 968 Pound Boar Wins Iowa Fair Prize
Sting a boar weighing 968 pounds won the big boar competition at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Thursday. Behind Sting is his owner Adam Conover age 9 of Baxter. Story on 2B.
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Sting
Des Moines
Adam Conover
Baxter
Story
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