Flooding eases as Iowa towns watch for more high water
Northeastern Iowa and the upper Wapsipinicon River crest and recede through Tuesday. Central City and Independence residents assess damage while crews pump water and prepare recovery aid requests. Oxford Junction braces for crest while Cedar Rapids officials await clarification on Cedar River levels.
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Alverta Wood
Iowa
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Waubeek
Don Jerome
A.C. Howe
Howe
Coggan
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Linn
Linn County
Paris
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Oxford Junction
Olin
Denny Coon
Crooksville
Oxford
Coon
American Legion
Anamosa
Art Marek
Marek
NWS
Saddam offers on TV talks to end Gulf crisis protested
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein proposed telecast talks with President Bush and Prime Minister Thatcher to end the Persian Gulf crisis. Thatcher dismissed the idea as gimmickry while the State Department called Saddam's offer sick. The report notes Americans held as human shields and rising numbers of detainees in Iraq and Kuwait.
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Bush
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
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State Department
Hosni Mubarak
Kuwait
Mubarak
Saudi Arabia
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Washington
Turkey
Baghdad
Revolutionary Command Council
Cyprus
Margaret Tutwiler
Tornadoes kill 23 around Joliet and Plainfield High
Officials report 5 dead in Plainfield and 4 in Joliet with many injured or unaccounted. Plainfield High School destroyed, about 175 people inside at hit. Downed power lines sparked fires, hundreds of homes damaged or leveled, eight shelters opened by Red Cross and disaster agencies.
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Plainfield
John Watson
Steve Schernerhorn
Schernerhorn
Jim Waldorf
Mike Salisbury
Robert Fletcher
Joliet
Will County
Fletcher
Red Cross
Serial killings in Gainesville prompt state crackdown
The Sun cites unidentified sources claiming Hoyt was decapitated and mutilation occurred on at least one victim. Officials refused to comment on details while the case is treated as a possible serial killer spree. Governor Martinez orders troopers and agents to Gainesville as FBI joins the probe.
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Mann
Alachua County
Charles Reed
Tallahassee
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Ted Bundy
Bob Martinez
Florida Department
Reed
Florida
Gasoline prices linked to Middle East conflict impact
Officials say pump price moves track Middle East tensions rather than supply and demand. A potential war could push Iowa unleaded to 2.00 a gallon, while a broad drop seems unlikely this week. DNR surveys show weekly price jumps since Iraq’s invasion, with steep rises in early August.
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Kuwait
Iowa
OPEC
U.S
Charles Grassley
Browa
Rowans
Grassley
Justice Department
DNR
Iraq
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