Cedar Rapids weighs Racom network for joint incident radio
Cedar Rapids eyes a leased 800 MHz system from Racom Corp to cut costs and link city and Linn County agencies, with Marion and area ambulance service possible later. County supervisors have resisted talks, risking delay on a decade-long joint communications plan.
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Garette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Racom Corp
Marshalltown
Racom
Polk
Black Hawk County
Douglas Neumann
Marion
Jeff Schott
Schott
Brucemore Grounds May See Changes After Study
Cedar Rapids Brucemore mansion grounds may be redesigned following a landscape historian's study. Details on page 1B.
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Brucemore Mansion
Cedar Rapids
Review highlights from AP coverage across year
The year’s top AP stories include the Oklahoma federal courthouse bombing the Bosnian conflict and the OJ Simpson trial. Nearby notes mention Wilson School Cedar Rapids students learning from history and reporting equipment.
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Oklahoma City
Bosnia
Associated Press
Lottery Channel hopes to become CNN of legal gambling
Providence AP report on a nascent Lottery Channel aiming to air 24 7 gambling programming financed by Adi an investment banker. The Rhode Island test site uses WFIT Channel 23 to broadcast four repetitions daily while a staff of five builds ad free content and monitors what works.
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Rovidence
R.1
CNN
Ray
John
Cincinnati
Roger Ach
ESPN
Adi
Adh
Providence
WFIT
Monique Smith
Rhode Island
Iowa
North America
Massachusetts
Analysts split on consumer debt risks after post-Christmas spending
Washington analysts debate whether record credit card debt signifies trouble. Some say debt rises mainly among low income families, while others warn spending driven by convenience could threaten the economy. Projections cite rising overall consumer credit and higher debt service, with questions on true danger to national prosperity.
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Washington
David Hale
Kemper Financial Services Inc
Chicago
American Bankers Association
Elliott Platt
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp
New York
U S Spent 22 Million on Radiation Testing Research
The Department of Energy spent over 22 million dollars in the past two years researching Cold War human radiation experiments. The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments accounted for 6.2 million, with recommendations for compensation to victims. The 14 members were paid 462 dollars daily as they met from 1994 to 1995, with the report released in October. DOE spokeswoman Carmen MacDougall called the cost reasonable to uncover the truth.
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U.S
Cincinnati
Department of Energy
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Advisory Committee
Robert Newman
DOE
Carmen MacDougall
Dean Martin Dies at 78 of Acute Respiratory Failure
Renowned crooner and Rat Pack member Dean Martin died on Christmas Day at age 78 from acute respiratory failure. As part of Martin and Lewis he paired with Jerry Lewis before pursuing solo film and television success. Details on 2A.
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Dean Martin
Hollywood
Rat Pack
Martin and Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Martin
National Whiner's Day Declared After Christmas
The piece notes December 26 as National Whiner's Day started in 1986 by Michigan minister Kevin Zaborney, highlighting post Christmas gift returns as fodder for complaints. It mentions the 1995 Most Famous Whiners Award going to Quebec separatists for their failed secession bid.
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Kevin Zaborney
Michigan
Quebec
Canada
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