Winter Family Festival at Linn Park Cancelled
Warm weather and lack of snow forced the Linn County Conservation Department to cancel the Winter Family Festival planned for Sunday at Squaw Creek Park. Activities such as ice skating cross country skiing and horse drawn sleigh rides were scheduled as part of the event. Dennis Goemaat expressed disappointment noting the festival was to be an annual event with hopes for a future winter.
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Linn County Conservation Department
Squaw Creek Park
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Goemaat
Hort line offers winter gardening tips from Jauron
Horticulturist Jauron answers readers questions on winter care and pruning via the Hort line toll free at 1 800 262 2224. He warns against early pruning or applying oils as it could harm buds and young leaves if a late frost hits.
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Jauron
Hortline
Paul Acquitted In Iowa City Self Defense Shooting Trial
Jurors found Evan Paul not guilty of second degree murder and related weapon charges in the shooting of Don Cope at a Vickers gas station. Prosecutors seek gun forfeiture. defense says Paul acted to escape a beating. Cope had taunted Paul over his motorcycle and was described as violent. Cope’s mother reacted emotionally from Kemp Texas.
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Paul
Cope
Iowa City
Texas
Tom Riley
Evan Paul
Kenneth
Riley
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Dillard
Vickers
First Avenue
First Street
Racing Commission head urges lawmakers to keep panel same size
Iowa Racing Commission director Mick Lura urged the Senate State Government Committee to maintain a five member panel even if laws expand duties. He warned expansion to seven would raise costs, noted Prairie Meadows track near Altoona opens in March under budget, and cited 2,500 seasonal jobs plus 8,000 licenses and about $12 million in annual state revenue from four tracks. He said criminal activity at tracks is not worse than at a college game.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa Racing Commission
Mick Lura
Senate
Lura
Prairie Meadows
Altoona
Protestants and activists clash over abortion debate at Iowa City clinic
A 400 strong demonstration divided evenly between anti and pro choice supporters gathered near Westlawn Clinic in Iowa City. Protesters from across several cities chanted and prayed while police and sheriff deputies escorted those arrested, mostly adults, to jail.
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Johnson
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Dubuque
Paul Downs
Johnson County
Hammerand
Louise Westfall
Faith United Church of Christ
Westfall
Jesus
Adrien Wing
U of I Law School
Emma Goldman Clinic For
U of I
Gayle Sand
Emma Goldman
Sand
Afghan Villages Obliterated Amid Pullout Turmoil
Afghan and Soviet reports tallied 377 guerrillas killed along the Salang Highway as militancy and snow disrupt Kabul supply routes. Masoud dominates Panjshir. U S embassy warns, Kabul flights limited with Aeroflot and Ariana the only carriers.
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Salang
Kabul
Red Army
U.S
Afghanistan
International Aid Mission
Aeroflot
Ariana
Garber Man Held for Theft in Edgewood Case
David Taylor, 29, of Garber, was arrested Thursday and charged with second degree theft in Delaware County for stealing a video cassette recorder and tapes from the PX Store in Edgewood on December 17, 1988. The items were recovered and he is jailed in lieu of a $7,500 bond.
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Manchester
Edgewood
Delaware County
Lottery numbers for state drawings and Latin America draw
Caller seeks winning numbers for Iowa Illinois and Latin America lotteries. Request directs to CITYLINE at 363 7000 under Category 2900 for the results.
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Iowa
Illinois
Lotin America
U S Allows Vietnamese Official Visit to Washington
The United States lifts travel restrictions on Trinh Xuan Lang Hanoi ambassador to the United Nations allowing his Washington visit. Lang met with State and Defense officials and the National Security Council as ties show signs of warming.
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Washington
United States
Bush Administration
New York
Trinh Xuan Lang
Hanoi
United Nations
Trinh
State and Defense Departments
National Security Council
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