Van sinks in icy river after Christmas Eve crash
Elisabeth Klug, 19, of rural Coggan, lost control on an ice covered curve and the minivan rolled into the Wapsipini River near Central City. She kicked out the windshield with bare feet, reached the surface, then walked barefoot through near zero weather to a neighbor for help.
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Klug
Coggan
Younkers
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Valley Farm Road
Highway 13
Central City
von Murray
Iowans Weather Light Snow For Christmas Day
East central Iowa saw a light fluffy snowfall that disrupted some plans. Cedar Rapids DOT crews mobilized 10 plow operators and one mechanic from 11 a.m. to handle overnight clearing with 50 plows, graders, and spreaders poised to work.
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Randy Roethlisberger
Iowa Department of Transportation
DOT
Cedar Rapids
Roethlisberger
Lloyd McClain
City
Road conditions and weather prompt cautious travel in Iowa
Weather service warns heavy snow across 26 central and eastern Iowa counties with six to ten inches possible. Cedar Rapids sees a flurry of minor accidents on I 380 as holiday travelers head home. no injuries reported.
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McClain
Cedar Rapids
National Weather Service
Central
East
Iowa
Online magazine ranks America's most generous donors
Slate Magazine with Microsoft funding lists donors who gave at least 5 million in the year. Samuel and Aline Skaggs lead with 100 million to Scripps Research Institute. Bill Gates makes the top ten with 27 million to Harvard and Washington.
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Washington
Madonna
Michael Jordan
Michael Ovitz
Slate Magazine
Microsoft
America
Samuel
Aline Skaggs
Salt Lake City
Scripps Research Institute
San Diego
Ted Turner
Forbes Magazine
Harvard University
Ann Castle
Philanthropists Pledge Large Sums to Scientific and Cultural Institutions
The report lists major gifts including $100 million to Scripps Research Institute in San Diego from a Utah magnate and his wife, nearly $100 million by George Soros for immigrant support and Russian projects, $60 million-plus of 20th century art to New York’s Met from Klaus and Amelia Peris, $60 million to IIT from Motorola chair Robert Galvin and the Pritzker families, and $45 million from the Gonda family to UCLA for neuroscience and genetics research.
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Samuel and
Aline Skaggs
San Diego
Scripps Research Institute
Utahey
George Soros
Emma Lazarus
U.S
Ciade
Russia
Klaus and
Amelia Peris
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Picasso
Modigliani
Braque
Manhattan
Robert Galvin
Illinois Institute of Technology
Motorola Inc
Robert
Jay Pritzker
Motoring reports Isuzu Trooper unsafe in 1995 96 models
Consumer Reports filed documents with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support its finding that 1995-96 Isuzu Trooper models are unsafe. Details in Motoring, 2C. The St. Vincent de Paul Society delivered 268 holiday food baskets this year, but the Catholic lay organization has been helping poor people for more than 150 years. Details on 1B. Matt Sherman says that even though he didn't have the year he wanted, he's happy. Details on 1D. Waukon wrestling coach Tom Chiles wonders why his team isn't ranked after beating big opponents, including defending state champion Independence and No. 2 Decorah. However, he says, "We'll see what happens in February." Details on 2D.
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Bill Gates
Harvard
University of Washington
Castle
Turner
Walter Annenberg
Earth
Consumer Reports
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Catholic
Matt Sherman
Waukon
Tom Chiles
Independence
Decorah
City Briefs Highlight Local Events In Brief
Brief summaries outline notable happenings around town including births, deaths and weather updates. Local agencies, bridges, and legal notices are briefly noted with concise details for residents scanning the pages.
Reunion After 18 Years Sees Indian Student Visit Iowa Family
G Balaji Prabu of Madras arrives at Cedar Rapids and shares a Christmas reunion with Harold and Mary Hensel of Mount Vernon. Sponsored since 1978 by World Vision, Prabu grew up in India then studied in the U.S. and now calls the Midwest home. The Hensels supported his education, visiting with him and his extended family over Christmas.
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Prabu
Los Angeles
U.S.A
Harold
Iowa
America
Mary Hensel
Amana
Mary
Hensel Insurance
Katrina Kump
Gazette
G. Balaji Prabu
India
California
Harold Hensel
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
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