Wheels go round on school ride and police canine ideas
Anna Fisher and her father Bob take a trial bus ride to Monroe Elementary in Cedar Rapids as the new school week begins. Police Chief Winkelhake suggests dogs could search buildings track people outdoors locate drugs and aid public relations. Gold medal swimmer Janet Evans signs autographs at Coral Ridge Mall. Mark McGwire linked to testosterone pills. Four Cedar Rapids churches plan second annual Tour of Churches with sneak peak notes.
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Anna Fisher
Bob
Monroe Elementary
Cedar Rapids
R.J. Winkelhake
Janet Evans
Coral Ridge Mall
Hawkins Profile Highlights GOP Lieutenant Governor Hopeful
The Gazette begins two profiles on lieutenant governor candidates with a focus on Almo Hawkins, a Republican running alongside Ross Lightfoot. The piece appears on page 1A of Sundays edition.
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Almo Hawkins
Ross Lightfoot
Gazette
Fox pups released by ALF at Guttenberg fur farm
Uproar after about 330 fox pups flee Hidden Valley Farm owned by Steve Hansel. ALF claims the act as justice for animals. 60 to 70 pups remain missing and others were found near or in cages. Pups valued at about $100 each. Hansel defends legal lethal injections as industry standard. Similar incidents reported in Iowa and Minnesota.
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Uazette
Guttenberg
Steve Hansel
Hansel
Animal Liberation Front
Mother Earth
Hidden Valley
Iowa
St. Cloud
Minn
ALF
U S strikes targets tied to Osama bin Laden
U S forces fired 79 cruise missiles destroying a Sudanese factory and damaging Afghan camps near Khost. Reports say at least 21 killed and over 50 wounded in Afghanistan. Taliban and Pakistani officials say bin Laden unharmed. Secretaries of state defense and security advisers justify action as a long term conflict.
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Washington Post
Washington
U.S
Sudan
Afghanistan
Clinton Administration
Khost
Pakistan
Defense
William Cohen
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
Taliban
Iowa City considers two hour parking tickets near campus
Iowa City Council will vote on amending street parking rules to allow parking employees to issue $5 tickets every two hours for illegally parked cars on non metered streets near the University of Iowa. The change targets areas from Dubuque Street to Reno Street and Brown Street to the railroad tracks.
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Jim Jacobson
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dubuque Street
Reno Street
Brown Street
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Border redefinition pits Cedar Rapids against Marion
Residents debate proposed changes to city corporate boundaries with public meetings set for Monday and Tuesday at Marion High School. Some Cedar Rapids areas such as Plumwood Court and 5001 First Ave SE would switch to Marion while Glenbrook Cove could move to Cedar Rapids. Critics cite jurisdiction and tax confusion from long-standing border ambiguities.
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Marion
Glenbrook Cove
Cedar Rapids
Jeff Schott
Bob
Sara Vancura
Plumwood Court
Plumwood
Bowman Woods
Brentwood Drive
Emma Jo Mesplay
Mesplay
40Th Street
First Avenue
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Lightfoot
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Gazette Online
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Animal Rights Group
Steve Hansel Fox
Reais As
Garnz
Clayton
Clinton
Gingrich
Nation
Martha’s Vineyard
Congress
Madeleine Albright
Ture
Albright
Capitol Hill
Sandy Berger
Central City
Bobby Ratliff
Kcrg-Tv
Thomas Stark
Highway 13
Stark
St. Luke’s Hospital
South Johnson Street
Joe Fowler
U of I
Winkelhake
Fowler
C.R
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Maureen
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