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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1998
Page
1
Former Cedar Regis and Northern tball player Kurt Warner is listed as the St. Louis Rams third string quarterback. Details are sparse but confirm his roster status.
Several flights in Iowa are among those canceled as Northwest Airlines braces for a potential pilot strike. The airline says service disruptions could widen if labor talks fail.
In Cedar Rapids Rudy Giuliani spoke on crime policy while in Iowa City he attended a fundraiser for Representative Jim Leach. The stop highlighted city and congressional outreach during the visit.
Area fitness store managers report growing interest in androstenedione after high profile athlete Mark McGwire disclosed using the testosterone-building supplement. The drug’s rising demand reflects its appeal among bodybuilders and gym enthusiasts seeking enhanced performance.
The city plans a park build next summer pending a $78,517 recreation grant. Details, 1B.
Paramount Theatre's opening fifty or seventy year anniversary recalled by Cedar Rapids organist George Baldwin who preserves a program from the event in Friday's Gazette.
Bonnie lashes coastal North Carolina with powerful winds and flooding turning inland, threatening 20 inches of rain in some areas. Officials warn of potential stalling during two high tides and massive runoff as power cuts affect hundreds of thousands. No immediate deaths reported.
Cedar Rapids native Paul Bowker, former Gazette deputy sports editor and now sports editor of the Wilmington Star-News, endures Hurricane Bonnie in Wilmington. Power outages halt presses as the 55,000 daily paper races to print before the eye of the storm. Bowker notes Iowa-like winds and downed branches while family remains in Cedar Rapids.
Linn County landowners discuss selling land for a new county landfill with options being negotiated on three sites. Bluestem Solid Waste Agency would manage the project with talks ongoing and site locations to be released after negotiations.
National Park Service weighs opening part of the Effigy Mounds National Monument Say Magill unit south of Marquette Iowa to raise public awareness. Officials describe options from no action to interpretive trails exhibits and on site protection.
The Justice Department reopens its King assassination inquiry with a narrow scope. It will examine claims by former FBI agent Donald Wilson and ex-Memphis bar owner Lloyd Jowers about a broader conspiracy and possible involvement of others.
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