Waiting List Reaches 300 at University of Iowa Dorms
About 300 students would live in temporary lounge spaces in UI residence halls if classes start. Cancellations are slow, so lounges at Burge Daum Stanley Rienow and Slater house late applicants paying $2 per day while regular dorm residents pay $7 to $12 daily. Some may stay through September as contracts begin Saturday for 2,980 rooms.
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University of Iowa
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U of I’s
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Craig Reinehr
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Cedar River Trail opens with Sunday festivities in Cedar Rapids
Des Moines gas prices run below the state average while Iowa City and Cedar Rapids face higher rates. Festivities mark the opening of the new three mile Cedar River Trail segment this Sunday in Cedar Rapids.
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Classified page snapshot from CityLine includes briefs and notices
A compact page item appears with Farm City Briefs and assorted sections such as Obituaries Comics Crisscross Jumble Legals Lottery Money Movies Notebo People Stocks TeleUs TV Weather and more, reflecting a multi-topic community newspaper page.
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Pay-as-you-go jail gets its own ATM
County Sheriff Don Zeller pioneered inmate charges for jail stays and installed an ATM in the jail lobby to collect payments. He notes weekend inmates and two day sentences for offenses like drunken driving find it convenient to pay through the machine. The move drew national attention from NBC and Fox while coverage appeared in the Star Tribune.
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Zeller
Linn County
Don Zeller
NATO forces seize weapons in Banja Luka clash over Karadzic grip
NATO led troops seized police HQ and barracks in Banja Luka and removed more than 2,500 weapons while pro Karadzic police retreated. The move follows Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic's bid to curb Karadzic and calls for elections amid a worsening power dispute.
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Banja Luka
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Radovan Karadzic
Karadzic
NATO
Biljana Plavsic
Bosnia
Plavsic
U.S
Robert Gelbard
Momcilo Krajisnik
Plavsk
Krajisnik
Gelbard
Mike Moran
Sarajevo
Zoo backers seek city funding for Cedar Rapids project
Cedar Rapids area Friends of the Zoo withdraw county support request for a 13 million project and will seek city backing. Board President Jeff Smith says city officials offered more positive encouragement and the group will apply to the Cedar Rapids project list for a 1 cent local option sales tax.
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Cedar Rapids
Smith
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Maehls Dog-Sits During Neighborhood Bike Ride
John and Nancy Maehl walk Missy the Saint Bernard around Van Buren Elementary School in Cedar Rapids as the Gazette previews its 1997 neighborhood profile. The paper invites residents to a block party today from 5 to 7 p.m. at 2525 29th St. SW.
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