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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 2001
Page
1
Bran Stokley scores a touchdown as Baltimore routes the Giants 34 7 in Super Bowl XXXV. Redshirt freshman Ryan Fulsons helps the Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin 31 13 in a Sunday dual meet.
Laura Krause of Mount Vernon fears biotech cornfield pollen may contaminate her prize seed. Conservationists have placed three nesting platforms in the colonies. Iowa House plans a $15 million low income heating aid bill.
A feature notes how Tomorrow Vegetable connects the Magic Kingdom region to Tall Corn Country through farming and transportation links. It outlines growing seasons, market routes, and regional collaboration between the two areas with emphasis on agricultural exchange and tourism potential.
A compact index lists sections such as Advice Births Health Games History and Weather with alphabetic topic tags and cross references. It notes editorial pages and recurring columns like Horoscope and Comic features, indicating organized content sections for readers.
An Illinois mother Geonia De Avila 42 and her daughter Lisa De Avila 7 from Cicero were killed when their car slid into a ditch on I 80 near West Branch Iowa. Trooper Jeff Benson 34 of Muscatine was seriously injured when a semi trailer struck the patrol car as responders assisted. Weather worsened travel. an ice storm warning was issued with forecasts of freezing rain and heavy snow.
Cautions on cancellations and road conditions advise CITYLINE numbers 363 7000 and 337 7000 for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with category codes 2105 and 2100. KCRG TV9 reports rain in the afternoon and drizzle in the evening with overnight snow and a Cedar Rapids high of 37 and a low of 25 degrees.
A Sunday fire heavily damaged the Maranatha Book Shop Mail Boxes and Parcels in downtown Manchester Delaware County 145 years old. The adjacent apartment and nearby businesses suffered smoke damage as six departments battled the blaze for hours and fire walls confined spread.
President Bush moves beyond education to back a GOP prescription drug plan for seniors and to create a White House office distributing billions to religious groups for after school programs prison ministries and drug treatment. He aims to revamp Medicare offering plan choices but delays effect for four years while funding states with 48 billion in grants.
President Bush convenes a strategy session on the West Coast power shortage with federal officials and state leaders to coordinate measures addressing energy reliability and potential outages. The meeting aims to align federal and regional actions, assess fuel supplies, and review contingency plans.
Federal inspectors have begun a focused review of I and M Rail Link after at least ten derailments in Eastern Iowa over 30 years. The FRA flags hotspots, assigns extra inspectors, and pursues remedial actions while noting no fatalities. I&M operates 1385 miles linking Minneapolis St Paul Chicago and Kansas City. Grain makes up about 80 percent of freight.
A chronology lists derailments and chemical spills across Iowa towns including Postville near Highway 52 in 1997, Jackson Junction on Highway 24 in 1998, Castalia Dubuque Lawler and Bellevue incidents with emergency evacuations, Ossian Marquette Ossian and Muscatine spill events through November 2000, detailing hazardous material releases into the Mississippi River and surrounding areas.
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