Avoiding family breakups tops social issues for '96
Iowa lawmakers push to curb runaways and protect families. Governor Branstad partners with Sen. Mary Lundby to criminalize harboring runaways, with penalties up to two years in jail and a $1,000 fine. Proposals include safe shelters, hospital intake, and mandated counseling before release. Funding may reallocate part of prison expansion funds.
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Mary Lundby
R-Marion
Lundby
Marion
Back to nature at Cedar Rapids New Year tree drive
Claire Nilles, 4, helps her father Bret load a Christmas tree onto a pile in the Indian Creek Nature Center parking lot on New Year’s Day. The trees will be ground to mulch to cover trails in the area.
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Claire Nilles
Cedar Rapids
Bret
Indian Creek Nature Center
Full recovery By Eric Lyle and Chiari Malformation Fight
Eric Lyle, a rural Keota high school junior, faced a life changing diagnosis after a football practice injury revealed Arnold Chiari malformation. Doctors warned against contact sports as a brainstem shift risk, but a Mayo Clinic evaluation and support from a Texas group helped guide treatment and recovery.
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Eota
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Arnold Chiari
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Keota
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Christy
Texas
Gene variation linked to excitable novelty seeking trait
Two independent studies in Nature Genetics find individuals with a long seven-repeat variant of the D4DR gene on chromosome 11 show higher novelty seeking, implying a genetic influence on impulse, exploration, and quick temper. Research involved both sexes and suggests brain dopamine processing underlies this personality pattern.
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Washington Post
Nature Genetics
Toy train aficionado decorates Cedar Rapids office
Harold Barton fills his Cedar Rapids office with model trains, a lifelong passion since age five. He says he avoids phones while he works. Details on 1B.
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Harold Barton
Cedar Rapids
Fire guts Iowa City house in New Year's Day blaze
The Iowa City home of Donald and Dea Brown was gutted by fire early New Year’s Day while the Browns were away. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. A preliminary state fire marshal report shows 1995 fire deaths down at 35.
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Iowa City
Donald
Dea Brown
Favre Named 1995 NFL Most Valuable Player
Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers was elected the 1995 NFL Most Valuable Player for his on field prowess and leadership. Coach Mike Holmgren praised his all around play and continued growth as quarterback.
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Brett Favre
Mike Holmgren
Index of Notes and Sections
A listing page outlines various newspaper sections including Advice Births Legals Lottery Comics Movies Crisscross Notebook People Deaths Weather Editorial and other topics with page numbers and brief descriptors. The layout indicates a multi-topic index guiding readers to content across the issue.
Budget talks produce little action amid high drama
In a rare White House session the top leaders and the president spent 13 hours in the Cabinet Room with little result. Participants call the phase just completed the build up to further talks with no immediate settlement in sight.
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Washington Post
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Congress
White House
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Naked man jailed after spree at Iowa City shop
Iowa City police arrested 27 year old Robert Brenneman of Columbus Junction after he allegedly disrobed at Kids' Stuff consignment shop. He tried on women's swimsuits and lingerie while owner Mary Sundblad witnessed the incident. Bond set at 2340 dollars. He faces assault disorderly conduct criminal trespass two counts of indecent exposure and interference with official acts.
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Iowa City
Mary Sundblad
Robert Brenneman
Columbus Junction
Sundblad
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