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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1996
Page
1
A federal assessment finds drinking water for over 10,000 people in about 30 rural eastern Iowa communities must be upgraded. Most rely on wells and face contamination or poor quality. Estimated Eastern Iowa costs reach 80 million dollars with 15 towns on a state priority list.
University Hospitals in Iowa City weigh canceling elective surgeries as blood stocks fall to critical levels. An emergency drive raised enough blood to avert immediate crisis, but officials say Red Cross shipments eastward reduce Midwest availability while local donors worry about regional needs.
Rep. Jim Leach accused a government delay of Whitewater records of protecting President Clinton and Hillary Clinton from civil suits. He cited Madison S&L failures, 100 hours Hillary worked for Whitewater Development Corp., and questions about delayed disclosures and House Banking Committee hearings.
Snow and freezing rain crippled roads and airports from the South to New England. The system after the Blizzard of 96 caused at least seven deaths, including two boys who drowned on a North Carolina coast pond and a fatal bus crash in Pittsburgh. Ceiling collapses on Long Island and Harlem caused millions in damage. A New Hampshire resident lamented winter's harsh turn as states brace for more weather updates.
Sister Susan O Connor of Sisters of Mercy in Cedar Rapids noted as thoroughly modern. Rev Samuel Proctor voices concern over America's spirituality. Industrial machinery drives a banner third quarter for Iowa exports with a 24 percent rise.
Gazette Johnson County Bureau reports that about three quarters of senior faculty at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University taught undergraduates last fall. Interim Provost Sam Becker notes the rate may be high for major universities and says there is no national comparison. The Iowa study, first to measure senior faculty teaching time with undergraduates, was requested by the State Board of Regents amid calls to boost undergraduate teaching.
The report covers faculty in undergraduate academic programs at Northern Iowa while excluding those in professional and graduate areas such as medicine law and dentistry at Iowa and veterinary medicine at ISU. It also omits administrators and faculty on development assignments not available to teach or funded by research grants.
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