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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1997
Page
2
Gus Schrader recalls moving days from Iowa farms to Cedar Rapids, sharing family hoards, dumps, and a mother’s "two moves equal a fire" line. He notes the treasures vs trash, plus misquoted proverbs and a humorous photo moment from Decorah and Florida.
Vice President Al Gore toured Nelson Mandela's Cape Town residence prison Mandela visited Desmond Tutu. They discussed wide topics as tensions over a Syrian arms sale lingered. Gore avoided discussing the arms sale, saying such talks would be handled by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. Tutu, on leave from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for prostate cancer recovery, hosted Gore after meeting Mandela.
In Yemen, Halliburton Energy Services engineer Joe Dell Aria, 50, was kidnapped on Feb. 11 by Murad tribe members amid a government land dispute over a valuable tract in the southeast. Western oil officials confirmed the abduction as protests and tensions rise.
Palestinian police say the head of Palestinian military intelligence in Nablus and two interrogators were arrested on suspicion of torturing a prisoner to death. Two officials in the Nablus governor's office were also taken into custody.
The Gazette promotes future agriculture using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It invites readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at nearby recycling locations.
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