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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1995
Page
1
Parents describe long shopping trips for school lists, from missing item counts to buying eight markers. Costs for elementary and middle school items rise from about 16 to 40 dollars plus fees for books, lockers, lunches, and activities. One parent notes spending 50 dollars on shoes and about 300 on clothes.
On the first day of class many districts including Cedar Rapids Community Marion Independent Iowa City metro Catholic schools may dismiss early due to heat and humidity. Cedar Rapids may end half day with lunch canceled. high and middle schools usually depart 12 30 p m and elementary 1 15 p m. Linn Mar and College Community start this week with potential early dismissals by 10 30 a m on hot days. CITYLINE offers district dismissal details at 363 7000 or 337 7000 category 2551.
China and the United States prepare for a potential fall meeting between President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin after tensions cited as at their lowest ebb in 16 years. Tarnoff and Qian Qichen signaled a late September UN meeting, with an October summit likely and November discussions possible at Osaka.
About 50 people on United Flight 464 from Cedar Rapids to Chicago evacuated when pilots detected a warning light for the right engine and discharged built in fire retardant. No fire found. injuries minor but none hospitalized. passengers later retried carry on luggage and some missed connections.
In Belgrade's main square 19 Women in Black protesters demand an end to the Yugoslav war. Though jeered as traitors, they persist with weekly anti war actions as part of a global rise in women pushing for peacemaking and broader roles in conflict resolution.
Tiger Woods won his second U S Amateur championship in Newport Rhode Island on Sunday securing an invitation to The Masters.
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