New year at hospital brings hollow joy for families
In Iowa City a Marshalltown family and others spend New Year’s Eve at University Hospitals as loved ones recover from Christmas injuries and illness. With Y2K concerns eased by early reports that systems function, families focus on care and hope for improved outcomes in 2000.
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Hackett
Norm Manseth
Marshalltown
Inez Gauch
Dick and
Donna Swartzendruber
Raley
Millennial matrimony at St. Peter and Paul site Solon
Barb Gordon of Marion and Bruce Hamilton of Cedar Rapids wed Saturday at the St. Peter and Paul Historical Site in Solon. They planned for January 1 2000, moved from an April date, with 125 guests and a Florida officiant arriving Friday.
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Hamilton
Florida
Gordon
Barb
Bruce Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Lisa Coots
Mike Schooley
Vinton
St. Peter and Paul's
Solon
New Yorkers crowd Times Square for millennium ball drop
Up to 2 million people filled designated gathering areas around Times Square as midnight neared for the Waterford crystal ball drop. Barricades and security kept most from entering the core celebration, forcing many to watch on television or from nearby venues.
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Matt Long
Dayton
Tenn
Times Square
Long
Adam James
James
Central Park
Jason Minorczyk
Buffalo
N.Y
New York
Minorczyk
Justin O'Connor
Brooklyn
Rollover millennium clocking through Cedar Rapids items
In Cedar Rapids a sequence marks the new millennium with devices and systems responding at precise times. The piece notes a 3-year-old digital watch, a car gauge, traffic signals, an ATM, a security system, a newsroom vending machine, and online services, all aligned to 12:00 to 12:11 a.m. local time as the century turns. The report cites The Gazette and quotes New York Times and Washington Post commentary on the millennium moment.
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America Online
New York Times
The
Washington Post
Busy emergency radio nets link hams nationwide on New Year’s Eve
Linn County Amateur Radio Emergency Service members monitored a crowded frequency as operators from Idaho Colorado Pennsylvania Connecticut and South Carolina checked in. Nets ran every three kilohertz with wide participation and cross state calls. Connecticut operators even paused a state patrol call to let a transmission finish. Earlier, Caldwell heard Indonesian and Japanese operators joining in the global year 2000 transition.
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Sazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Ron Breitwisch
Bill Caldwell
Idaho
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
South Carolina
Des Moines
Breitwisch
Linn
Caldwell
Iowa
State Patrol
Indonesia
Japan
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Jim Jacobson
Iowa City
Tustin
Calif
Karen Hackett
Wellman
Kansas
Amy
Swartzendrubers
Joyce Raley
Danny
Joyce
Davenport
By Sue Davis Smith
Ila Gordon
Oto
Zara Tzane
By Frank Gluck
Frank Gluck
Third Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Gazette
Keebler
Newsroom
Wife
Millennium
Rick Smith
By Marlene Lucas
Miranda Meyer
Dwight
Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sneha Collins
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