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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1999
Page
1
No 21 Iowa upset No 8 Indiana in Iowa City last night. A large amount of snow is expected to hit Eastern Iowa tonight and continue Saturday. Details on 1B.
David Lee Hardage suggests catch, photograph, and release a small mouth bass. Justin Wessel, Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate, must wear goggles after a cornea transplant. The USDA adjusts policy due to persistently low hog prices.
The Harlem Globetrotters offer a Chalk Talk combining basketball with an education lecture for East Iowa kids. The recreation page in Saturday's Gazette highlights this community event linking sport with learning.
A man was killed by a handgun in southwest Cedar Rapids and a suspect, wounded, was found clinging to ice in the Cedar River near Czech Village. Police recovered the suspect near the 12th Avenue Bridge after a swift river effort. The victim died at the scene. the suspect was treated after being pulled ashore. Further details pending.
The Gazette launches a yearlong series Iowa's Impact detailing how Iowans and Iowa institutions shaped history in the 20th century. Profiles include Herbert Hoover Grant Wood and John Wayne along with innovations like precinct caucuses Pioneer hybrid corn and Maytag washers.
Emily, 13, oldest daughter on a Linn County homestead, lights lanterns and starts breakfast as her mother is ill. She handles women’s chores before her father guides the three miles to the woodlot for more fuel while brothers tend to men’s work. The passage places Iowa’s 1900 political and demographic scene, noting governors, justices, and Roosevelt’s upcoming Cedar Rapids appearance.
Daniel Rittmer ten and his seven year old twin brothers Michael and Ryan died when the Rittmer family minivan was broadsided by a semi trailer on Highway 61 about ten miles south of Keokuk Missouri. Neighbors removed holiday decorations from the Mount Vernon home as the family waited for the boys expected return.
Iowa Jet Services attorneys argued for the return of two Cessna jets seized by a Memphis bank as part of its Chapter 11 proceeding. Barbara Staib testified Iowa Jet remains viable with resources to continue operations while protecting creditors. Bankers questioned the company’s finances after moves to confiscate a Citation II and III jet over bounced checks totaling 75 587.
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