New TV station aims to air in mid-1995 Cedar Rapids
KTVC has FCC license but no broadcast tower or home yet. George Singleton of Nebraska Television Network says Channel 48 could be on air by mid 1995 with studios secured and network affiliation negotiations underway. Possible networks include Fox Paramount or Warner Brothers.
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Cedar Rapids Museum acquires Grant Wood Self Portrait
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art purchased Grant Wood’s 1932 Self-Portrait from Hirsch Adler Gallery New York after a 12 year search. Executive director Joe Czestochowski says the work, shown in the William B. Quarton Gallery, is one of Wood’s early self portraits and fills a void in the collection.
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
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New York
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William B. Quarton
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Des Moines Register
Elvehjem Museum of Art
Lottery activity at Hiawatha mart as tickets race
All bets are on Tonya Pierce of Hiawatha operating a lottery machine Wednesday at the Hiawatha 76 Self-Serve Mart as Bobby Gibson of Cedar Rapids buys several Powerball tickets. Charles Arnott of Marion waits in line for his turn to buy Powerball tickets. The store had sold $780 in Powerball tickets Wednesday by 4.
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Hiawatha
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Bobby Gibson
Cedar Rapids
Charles Arnott
Marion
Powerball spins toward 100 million in Iowa dreams
Cedar Rapids man Armbruster plans to buy a BMW motorcycle and travel to New Zealand if he wins the Powerball jackpot as Iowa sales surge to about 2 million tickets since Sunday. Numbers drawn were 5 13 24 29 31 and Powerball 40.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Senate debate on GATT pact nears final vote
Washington Senate debate on the GATT tariff reduction pact looms with supporters, including senior Clinton officials, asserting final passage is near. The accord would slash tariffs by about 40 percent across 124 nations, curb agricultural subsidies, expand copyright protections for software and videos, and ease cross border business for financial firms.
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Mary Anne White seeks to save life with roadside billboard
A Mari on woman posts a billboard overlooking the site of her son’s fatal traffic crash aiming to raise awareness and spur safety action. Details appear on page 1B.
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Mary Anne White
Marion
Gene linked to obesity found in mice and humans
After a 40 year search scientists report a mouse obesity gene and a similar human gene that may regulate weight. The normal gene lets fat cells signal the brain to adjust feeding and activity. flaws cause extreme fatness. Potential treatments include a drug mimicking the protein to reduce weight. Proceedings appeared in Nature.
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New York
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