Florida aging as elephants and civic wisdom
Molly Ivins rails at aging baby boomers and praising Florida seniors as wiser drivers of civic virtue. She contrasts Florida’s civil pace with Dallas rush hours, notes elders’ work in civil society, and closes with hope aging communities guide a better national path.
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Iowa deer thinning plan awaits long range city studies
The Iowa Natural Resources Commission on March 12 will decide final approval for sharpshooters thinning the deer herd in Iowa City after the city pledged a long range management plan. A correction notes an earlier misprint of Carol A. Robertson’s address as 1121 22nd Ave. SW.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette Encourages Recycling and Soybean Ink Use
The Gazette promotes future agriculture by printing with soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to drop off newspapers for recycling at City Carton, 4250 Sixth St SW, or at nearest recycling location. Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc. provides contact details for readers to reach out.
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Iowa Guardsmen Head to Kuwait for No-Fly Zone Patrol
About 180 members of the Iowa Air National Guard 185th Fighter Wing will deploy in two groups to Al Jaber Air Base near Kuwait City for two weeks each as part of Operation Southern Watch. The mission is voluntary and not an alert.
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Clinton defense of possible Iraq strike widens global push
President Clinton urged diplomacy but warned a military strike against Saddam Hussein could be necessary. National security adviser Samuel Berger laid out the case, with Albright and Cohen to rally support in the Midwest. Berger said the aim would be to diminish Saddam's weapons of mass destruction threat.
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Annan to dispatch UN map team to Baghdad for site mapping
U N secretary general Kofi Annan said a technical team will go to Baghdad to map eight sites Iraq has barred to inspectors. The move follows talks with the five permanent Security Council members and aims to pursue a diplomatic path amid rising pressure for action.
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