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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1997
Page
3
Pisa will add two 340 foot steel cables to anchor the 12th century tower via underground counterweights and nearby roof lines to help straighten the leaning monument.
In Northern Ireland, militants kill Seamus Dillon a Catholic security guard and wound others near Glengannon Hotel after the Maze prison killing of Loyalist Volunteer Force founder Billy Wright. The IRA splinter group’s attack risks derailing fragile peace talks and ceasefires.
Key historical events on December 29 include the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170 at Canterbury Cathedral, the 1813 Buffalo burning during the War of 1812, Texas statehood in 1845, the first American YMCA in 1851, the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, Germany’s incendiary raids on London in 1940, the Las Vegas wedding of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme in 1957, and a 1992 US Russia arms treaty move. Also 1992 arrest at O'Hare tied to leaving children home alone.
An advertisement from Samboy Financial, Inc. promotes first and second mortgages up to 125 percent of home value with supposedly low rates for borrowers with less than perfect credit. It highlights example figures of a $150,000 loan on a $180,000 home to obtain $40,000 for debt consolidation and back taxes.
The ad promotes Samboy Financial Inc offering loans to homeowners facing high mortgage rates. A loan officer is reachable six days a week at toll free 1 800 691 1668. The message stresses no equity requirement and relief from 15 percent interest.
Texas cattle ranchers sue Oprah Winfrey over remarks by Howard Lyman that linked beef to mad cow disease. The case tests food disparagement statutes adopted by 13 states in the 1990s and under consideration in many others including Iowa.
Marine General Anthony Zinni says Saddam Hussein will stay in power for years and pose a threat to U S interests. He describes Saddam as a ruthless dictator who runs Iraq like an organized crime boss and asserts U S forces must remain in the oil rich Gulf region indefinitely.
Christina Corrigan died at 13 when her 680-pound body collapsed after her mother Marlene Corrigan left to shop. Prosecutors allege felony child abuse based on the condition in which Christina was found. fat activists counter that prejudice against obesity shaped the case. Trial resumes in Martinez California.
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