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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1997
Page
2
Jacquelyn Mitchard writes about the relentless grime of motherhood after 20 years. She describes days of dirt on clothing and skin from play, chores, and small disasters, noting how children turn her into a walking towel and how sentiment clashes with the practical mess of raising four plus kids.
Mississippi reaches a 3.6 billion agreement with tobacco makers including R J Reynolds and Philip Morris to settle its 1994 smoking illness lawsuit. The state receives 170 million upfront and stands to gain about 3.7 billion if a national 368 billion settlement passes in Congress, with potential impact on other states’ suits.
The Mir space station suffered a loss of automatic positioning when five gyrodynes in Kvant-1 stopped due to a relay fault, forcing the crew to rely on small rocket thrusters to keep the station sunward. Mission control said the two Russians and one American were not in danger, and thrusters should sustain orientation until a new cargo drone arrives early Monday.
In Tirana a pro monarchy protest erupted into a 15 minute shootout between royalists and police outside the Central Election Commission. Two are dead and five injured as Albania’s election turmoil deepens amid a fraud charge against would be king Leka z Zogu after a referendum.
The Gazette highlights commitment to farming by printing with soybean ink and using recycled news print. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton at 4250 Sixth St SW or at the nearest recycling location.
The Gazette operates with limited hours for the holiday. Circulation offices in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City set call deadlines and numbers. Newsroom opens at 4 p.m. with obituary submissions due by 7:30 p.m. Advertising and offices closed. CityLine brief updates available by phone and GazetteOnline offers Internet access.
You can purchase reprints of local photographs published in The Gazette. Call 398-8322 for details.
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