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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1999
Page
1
Columnist Dave Rasdal treats the Un-Millennium Party as routine despite a classy banner by Dave Kaplan. The Ramblin' column notes the event offers little significance for readers. A US researcher counters concerns about government monitoring of drug research.
Forward Marcus Fizer faces a choice between entering the NBA draft or returning to Iowa State next season. The decision weighs professional prospects against continuing college duties and team commitments.
Musician George Harrison sustained a chest wound from an intruder but is expected to make a full recovery. Police reported the incident occurred recently and are investigating the attack.
Two Americans with Iowa ties say the Panama Canal will be in good hands as Panama assumes control today. Details, 1B.
Federal agents expanded a nationwide probe into Ahmed Ressam by detaining dozens in major cities and charging Abdel Ghani in New York as an accomplice to the Algerian smuggling explosives into the United States. Resources aimed to trace travel plans to Chicago and other locations to raise funds.
Federal agents charged Ghani, 31, with concealing support for Ressam and conspiring to traffic fraudulent credit and bank cards. An FBI affidavit notes Ghani traveled to Seattle under an assumed name to meet Ressam before Ressam’s Dec 14 arrest. Authorities obtained sensitive case information from a confidential source.
Hospitals report births on pace with prior years and no last minute surge as millennium celebrations pass. Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids notes average activity. University Hospitals Iowa City plans no New Year induced births except medical need. St Luke’s Cedar Rapids mentions one scheduled case likely not laboring into 2000. donors offer baby gifts and a $300 savings bond plus local radio package.
Professors Jeffrey Cox and Alan Marcus warn that America may end the century with prosperity while neglecting social inequality. They note boom times echo past slums and emphasize global hardship beyond wealth, citing farm price pressures in Iowa and history of technology shaping modern life from the atomic bomb to videocassette recorders.
Governor Tom Vilsack proposed an Iowa tax package including elimination of federal deductibility, reduced pension taxes for seniors, and tax credits for engineers and teachers in shortage areas. The plan targets about 8.4 million dollars in relief for fiscal 2001 and aims to boost population growth by keeping and attracting younger, better paid residents. Republicans and some Democrats may block elements such as a constitutional voter-rights provision for future tax increases. Iowa ranks sixth-highest in top state tax rate, and Vilsack argues these changes would improve global competitiveness.
Gov. Vilsack proposes eliminating federal tax deductibility to reduce Iowa's top state income tax rate from 8.98 percent to 6.6 percent. The plan also increases the pension income exemption and offers tax credits to engineers and teachers.
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