02 Jul 2000
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 2000
Page
1
A patient regains sight after a novel surgical procedure described as a second miracle. Doctors report successful restoration of vision following the operation, highlighting its potential for similar cases seeking uplifting outcomes.
In Washington Iowa Tim DeFord 43 brings a mobile clothing service to homes barns and businesses after Joe Falk Clothing Co closed in 1997. The article notes the town’s past tornado and the void left in men’s apparel and highlights DeFord's door to door offerings and the local reaction.
In Iowa City the Epicenter proposal to unify downtown arts and entertainment paused after winter and spring buzz while organizers await a National Endowment for the Arts grant decision. Despite the pause, summer events like the Iowa Arts Festival and the Iowa City Jazz Festival draw crowds and keep the idea in play. Larry Eckholt notes the movement remains active, with Epicenter already present downtown and in ongoing planning at the Iowa City Public Library.
Oscar winner Walter Matthau died from a heart attack in Santa Monica at 1 42 a m. He was 79 and famed for The Fortune Cookie and The Odd Couple. Jack Lemmon mourned him as a brother and great actor. Flowers adorned his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
After decades of debate and an NAACP boycott, South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome in a somber ceremony. Civil War reenactors raised a flag on Statehouse grounds nearby, while protesters and counterdemonstrators clashed verbally amid a large crowd and police presence.
Joseph McGill of Cedar Rapids participated in a Columbia march protesting the Confederate flag. He called moving the flag from the dome to a monument a partial victory after 38 years of display on the Statehouse dome.
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