White Christmas Forecast For Iowa Weekend
Forecasters predict 3 to 6 inches of snow in Eastern Iowa with bitter winds and a winter weather advisory. Blizzard conditions loom in the Dakotas and Minnesota while Cedar Rapids can expect subzero lows and 20 to 30 mph winds tonight and Saturday.
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Aaceue Slam
Iowa
Brad Small
National Weather Service
Johnston
Dakotas
Minnesota
Small
Cedar Rapids
Harry Hillaker
Hillaker
Weather Service
Galileo probe enters Jupiter orbit and transmits data
A 746-pound Galileo probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere and sent 75 minutes of data before disintegrating. NASA officials praised the moment as the probe, traveling at 106000 mph, dropped 125 miles by parachute and reached orbit for two years of study. James Van Allen and University of Iowa researchers contributed instruments.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Pasadena
Calif
Galileo
Jupiter
NASA
Terrence Johnson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth’s
Iowa City
University of Iowa
James van Allen
U of I
UD of I
van Allen
Parents turn anger over loss of fetus into activism
Iowa City couple Doug and Jean Fisher, grieving after their seven month fetus Katrina Lu died in a December crash, push for a new law Crimes Against Unborn Children. Rep. Neil Harrison drafted the bill to close a loophole that prevented charging the driver in fetal death. The Fishers seek broader definition of unborn child rights, while Hippler awaits trial on related charges.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Doug
Jean Fisher
Katrina
the Gazette
Neil Harrison
R-Davenport
Chadwick Hippler
Hippler
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Fishers
Bird feeding stores note hobby grows in Eastern Iowa
Bird feeding supply shop owners report rising interest in birding among Eastern Iowans. The notice highlights local retailers benefiting as hobbyists expand their activity, signaling broader community engagement in wildlife watching and related outdoor pastimes.
Iowa Women Beat Drake 67-44 in Iowa City
The Hawkeyes defeated Drake 67 to 44 in Iowa City last night. Details appear on page 1C.
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Hawkeyes
Iowa City
Deaths
Brief obituary notes death of a local resident with sparse biographical details. No cause or funeral information provided in the fragment.
Clinton unveils seven year budget plan under pressure
President Clinton presented a seven year balanced budget plan after Republican pressure. The plan trims Social Security raises and offers fewer tax cuts, with $141 billion in net reductions and $5 billion more cuts to farm programs over the period. Most savings target welfare housing and transportation, drawing swift GOP criticism over optimistic economic assumptions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clinton
Clinton plan aims to balance budget in seven years
President Clinton outlines a plan to balance the budget in seven years with smaller tax cuts than Congress. It includes a $98 billion overall tax cut, potential automatic spending cuts if targets are missed, and revenue gains from reducing some business tax breaks and Medicare and Medicaid reductions. It also proposes government spending freezes and a reform of inflation adjustments to save billions.
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Clinton
Republican Congress
First AIDS protease inhibitor saquinavir hits shelves
Washington AP reports the FDA approved saquinavir the first protease inhibitor for HIV treatment. Roche says Invirase will be nationwide by Saturday at $5,800 per year wholesale. Activists decry price though doctors pair saquinavir with older drugs for a two-pronged attack on HIV.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
David Kessler
Hoffman-La Roche Inc
Nutley
N.J
Roche
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Midwest
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Shannon Homewood
Laurel Gillette
Donnie Murphy
College Community School
Linn
Johnson Counties
Louisiana
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BC Money
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House Budget Committee
John Kasich
Ohio
Charles Grassley
Senate
Medicare
Martin Delaney
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