Fire damages Mount Vernon downtown. two buildings lost
Mount Vernon residents recount a blaze that destroyed two buildings and heavily damaged two others on First Street. Kyle Tanner and Fire Chief Dan Gaines credit quick actions for limiting damage while families face losses and a cancer diagnosis for Pizza Palace owner Larry Alger.
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Steve Gravelle Dazette
Mount Vernon
Kyle Tanner
Pizza Palace
First St
Dan Gaines
Larry Alger
Rick Alger
Larry
LW. Ward
Cornell College
Cornell
John-Michael Corn
Kansas City
Red Cross
Siberian blast ushers in official winter in Iowa
State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says a Siberian air mass brings the first winter chill to Iowa timed with the solstice. Lows near 10 in east central Iowa, highs 10 to 15 Wednesday, with zero to minus 15 Friday in eastern areas, and a cross polar jet stream may continue blasts this winter.
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Dave Gosch
Iowa
National Weather Service
Hillaker
Midwest
Clinton to unveil national U S AIDS strategy
President Clinton will release a 40 page national AIDS strategy at a White House ceremony. The plan urges sustained research funding and better coordination of programs but delays action on needle exchange pending a Health and Human Services report due in February.
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Washington Post
Washington
Clinton
Aids Advisory Council
White House
Health and Human Services
AIDS Policy Plan Pushes Federal Support and Protections
The report urges stronger federal aid for AIDS drug development, a preventive vaccine, and expanded access to care. It calls for protection against discrimination for HIV and AIDS patients and notes bipartisan enthusiasm for pursuing long-term public health goals, including an AIDS vaccine led by MIT scientist Nobel laureate David Baltimore.
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Clinton
David Baltimore
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kingston founders award workers 75 thousand dollar bonuses
Kingston Technology Corp owners David Sun and John Tu announced year end bonuses totaling 100 million for 523 employees, with an average 75000 per person and up to three times salary. They recently sold 80 percent of Kingston to Softbank for 1.5 billion.
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Computer Tycoons
Fountain Valley
Calif
Kingston Technology Corp
David Sun
John Tu
Sun
Kingston
Softbank Corp
Japan
Forbes Magazine
Iowa recruits Hill and Honore commit to U of L
Iowa City High receiver Kahlil Hill and Iowa City West running back Carlos Honore announce plans to play for the University of Louisville. Washington Elementary to reopen for attendance for first time since 1982 after Marion School Board unanimous approval. Details in 1B.
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Iowa City
Kahlil Hill
Iowa City West
Carlos Honore
U of L
Washington Elementary
Marion Independent School Board
Cedar Rapids Expands City Limits Through Annexations
Cedar Rapids has nearly doubled in size since 1961 jumping from 34 to about 65 square miles after two large annexations this year totaling 3 294 acres. The airport site and west side development drive growth as voluntary annexations outpace involuntary ones and more landowners seek city inclusion to avoid neighboring city expansion plans.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
West Post Road
Stoney Point Road
Linn County
Hiawatha
Robins
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Wright Bros. Bivd
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