Media Culpa ends 1997 with apologies and corrections
Ellen Goodman reviews 1997 mistakes and misstatements in her column. She cites corrections about Bill Lan Lee and Dolly the sheep, clarifies claims on Cliff Island postmaster gender and Lucretia Mott, and admits errors on grammar and numbers while joking about future forecasts.
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Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink recycling drive
The Gazette highlights using soybean ink and recycled news print to support farming and urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at nearby authorized locations.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Contact Info
The Cedar Rapids Gazette publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401. Subscription rates by carrier four forty per week motor route four seventy five per week by mail morning editions and Sunday issues nineteen dollars for four weeks two hundred thirty six dollars for fifty two weeks for other states and territories two hundred ninety three dollars eighty cents for fifty two weeks. The Associated Press retains exclusive use for republication of all pe rsons on Ho as well as news dispatches. Master send address changes to Cedar Rapids TTE Inc P O Box five eleven Cedar Rapids IA five two four zero six subscription service. (319) 398 6333 or 1 800 397 8333 General number (319) 398 8211.
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Judge excuses juror and alternate in Unabomber trial
A juror and an alternate in Theodore Kaczynski's trial were excused due to anticipated financial hardship from new jobs. Judge Garland Burrell replaced the juror with another alternate and will select two more alternates before opening statements.
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Drug ER visits fall 6 percent from 1995 to 1996
The Drug Abuse Warning Network reports 487 564 drug related ER visits in 1996, down from 517 764 in 1995, with cocaine and heroin cases largely unchanged. Officials credit fewer legal drug cases and a leveling off of illegal drug use after a period of sharp increases.
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Barry McCaffrey
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Seniors seek injunction against new Medicare private contracting rule
A Florida seniors group leads a lawsuit before a Washington court to block a Medicare rule that bars doctors from direct patient payments for two years. USA Inc argues the policy infringes seniors rights to pay for care. the case draws opposition from AARP which supports the rule.
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Gazette observes holiday hours for New Year
The Gazette runs on reduced hours Thursday in observance of New Year. Circulation offices in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City set specific call times. Newsroom opens at 4 p.m. Thursday for obituaries and items for Friday. Advertising and business offices closed Thursday.
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