Lawmakers offer three options for liquor bottle waste
State legislators present three avenues for collecting recycling or disposing of empty liquor bottles as readers note the policy debate. U of I and Iowa City leaders plan pedestrian walkway work on campus with future improvement plans. Cedar Rapids executive E W Munsell retires from Creswell Munsell Fultz Zirbel and outlines post retirement ventures. A Cedar Rapids bank security firm installs a machine to process large cash deposits from commercial accounts.
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E.W
Bill” Munsell
Creswell, Munsell, Fultz & Zirbel
Cedar Rapids
Charred rubble remains after Central City auto-body fire
A Central City auto-body business was destroyed by an early Friday fire leaving charred rubble. Investigators and fire crews pursue a cause while residents assess damage to nearby properties. The report notes ongoing coverage across pages 1B and 8A.
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Index: Women’s Magazines Split Between Recipes and Diets
A reader notes that many women’s magazines divide content into roughly equal halves of recipes and diet advice. The observation highlights a recurring editorial pattern in midcentury periodicals.
No. 2 drug lord Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha is killed in Colombia
Police who tracked the Medellin cartel leader for months killed Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, 42, in a drive by shootout near Covenas in a ranch owned by Pablo Escobar. His 17 year old son Fredy and five bodyguards also died. The operation removes a top trafficker on the US list of most wanted. President Bush congratulated Colombian President Barco and police on the success.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha
Covenas
Caribbean
Rodriguez Gacha
Fredy
Pablo Escobar
Miguel Gomez Padilla
Bush
Virgilio Barco
Miguel Maza Marquez
Cartagena
Latin America
Barco
Alan Garcia
Peru
Jaime Paz Zamora
Bolivia
Maza
U.S. Justice Department
Overseas Arrests by Army Extend U S Law Abroad
The Bush administration says U S military forces can arrest drug traffickers terrorists and other fugitives overseas under a new Justice Department opinion The Posse Comitatus Act would not apply outside U S borders allowing units like Delta Green Berets or other Special Forces to arrest suspects without host country consent This could broaden Pentagon role in international drug enforcement and avoid congressional consultation
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Washington Post
Washington
Bush Administration
U.S
Administration
Pentagon
White House
Justice Department
Office of Legal Counsel
Army
Delta
Green Berets
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Congress
Seventeen I-380 Accidents Prompt Cedar Rapids Warnings
Seventeen crashes occurred along the I 380 corridor through downtown Cedar Rapids between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Friday amid icy conditions and heavy morning traffic. Officers faced near misses while directing scenes near the Quaker Oats overpass as ice forms from a vapor under the bridge. Police urge drivers to slow down to prevent further incidents.
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Lisa
Erceg
Quaker Oats
Farmland values rise in Iowa but at slower pace
Iowa farmland values climbed 8. percent in 1989, the third straight annual rise but at a slower rate than earlier in the farm crisis recovery. The Nov. 1 survey shows an average land value of 1139 per acre, up 85 from last year and 352 or 44.7 percent above the 1986 low.
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Ames
Iowa
Michael Duffy
Iowa State University Extension
Mitchell County
Madison County
Johnson County
Linn County
Virgil Schmitt
Teamsters unlikely to challenge IBP Columbus Junction vote
Union officials in Cedar Rapids say they likely will not appeal after the National Labor Relations Board tallied 762 no votes and 213 yes from 985 ballots at IBP Columbus Junction plant. The 77 to 22 percent defeat followed campaigning rules and claims of outside pressure are noted but deemed insufficient to trigger an appeal. IBP operates multiple plants in Iowa with over 6,500 workers in the state.
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Dale Kueter _azette
Teamsters
Cedar Rapids
IBP
Columbus Junction
National Labor Relations Board
Columbus Junction Park
NLRB
Bob Schorg
Gary Mickelson
Mickelson
Schorg
Gary Vickers
Peoria
Ill
Denison
Iowa
Perry
Council Bluffs
Storm Lake
Waterloo
Dakota City, Neb
Missouri River
Sioux City
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