Iowa City Controversy Over Public Access Channel
Mike Deupree reports on Iowa City debates over a public access cable program showing a nude dance by a local artist and his 2 year old son. He warns advisory panels and grants may rise, while defending artistic expression and reader tastes. He also muses on returning home, food finds in Cedar Rapids, and RAGBRAI plans for next July.
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Nelson Mandela
Soviet Union
Massachusetts
Iowa
Iowa City
Former abortion worker to speak at Cornell College
Ruth Sur gal, a former member of JANE, a Chicago abortion service, will speak at Cornell College on February 22 at 11 a.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. The talk, sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, is free and open to the public. JANE provided illegal abortions from 1969 to 1973 before the nationwide legalization.
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Mount Vernon
Ruth Surgal
JANE
Cornell College
Maxwell Auditorium
Russell Cole
Cornell Women’s Studies Pro
Toledo officer cleared in shooting of gunman in wife’s death
A Tama County grand jury found Toledo Assistant Police Chief Kevin Hintermeister acted properly when he fatally shot Ron Studer after Studer killed his wife Marsha Downs on January 3. The panel concluded Studer had planned the killings and that Hintermeister likely saved others.
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Gazette
Toledo
Ron Studer
Studer
Tama County
Kevin Huntermeister
Marsha Downs
Tama County Attorney's
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Hintermeister
Sonja
Lanny Hoskey
Downs
Julie Groszkruger
Brent Heeren
Ant
Richard VanderMey
VanderMey
Grand
Vander Mey
Farmstead to reveal cost cutting measures today
Farmstead Foods plans a program to cut worker compensation and other costs after a Washington meeting with top company and union officials. The move may affect Cedar Rapids and Albert Lea workers amid nine hour days four day weeks and potential concessions to medical benefits. The UFCW says they will consult local unions and members before any decisions are made. Farmstead employs about 2 750 workers with 20 percent laid off.
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Cedar Rapids
Joensy’s
The
Inn
Little Bohemia
Dorothy
Albert Lea
Minn
Farmstead
United Food and Commercial Workers
Keith Barnes
UFCW
Mike Gardner
P-3
Commitment to the future The Gazette promotes agriculture by printing with soybean ink
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines its sustainability efforts including printing with soybean ink and recycling programs. It lists local drop boxes at City Carton and the former fire station for paper recycling and notes subscription rates and mailing details.
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the Gazette
The
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
42Nd
Souncil Streets
Correction notice for Iowa Restaurant and Beverage Association
The Gazette corrects that Glen Curry serves on the executive board of directors of the Iowa Restaurant and Beverage Association and not as executive director. The paper will respond to complaints about accuracy and publish corrections when needed. Phone 398 8313.
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Glen Curry
The
Iowa Restaurant and Beverage Association
Sunday
S Gazette
Curry
the Gazette
Durant man dies in freak field fire near cemetery
Elmer Untiedt, 79, of Durant, died from smoke inhalation after a grass fire sparked by his car tailpipe while he inspected a cemetery near Wildcat Den State Park in Muscatine County. Deputies say he got stuck in mud, exited, fell, and could not rise as flames reached the vehicle.
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Wwa
Durant
Muscatine County
Elmer Untiedt
Dave White
White
Untiecht
Wildcat den State Park
Montpelier
Untiedt
Antiect
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Associated Press
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Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
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