Fourth of July Parades Draw Iowans Across the State
Nerad reports from Coralville and What Cheer to Garnaville as Eastern Iowans celebrate Independence Day. The Coralville parade drew hundreds with 122 festive floats. Cedar Bluff hosts a looser, long-running march along the Cedar River with crowds down from prior years. Beer, beer tents and water fights marked past celebrations, though officials crack down this year to restore a quieter parade mood.
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Uazette
Am Nerad
Iowa City
Pis
Nerad
Kmart
S.T. Morrison Park
Nathan Anderson
West Branch
Coralville
Cedar Bluff
Cedar River
Cedar County
Don McGrighy
Stanwood
McGrighy
Cedar Rapids hosts kid parade and fairs in Greene Square Park
In downtown Cedar Rapids on Saturday a parade for children featured tricycles bicycles and wagons. The Kids Fair at Greene Square Park and the Smulekoff's Arts and Crafts Fair drew crowds as Gail Koch and her 3 year old son Ryan watched the scenes. Koch noted Fourth of July has become more social and town like.
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Cedar Rapids
Greene Square Park
Smulekoff
Gail Koch
Ryan
Koch
Defunct carriers haunt shippers
Cedar Rapids area shippers face potential multi million dollar bills from bankrupt carriers linked to partial deregulation in the 1980s. PIE and other firms allegedly undercharged. the ICC estimates nationwide exposure could reach 32 billion. Industry groups warn farmers and processors are among those billed, with companies like Hall Home Furnishings Ford Motor Co ConAgra cited.
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PIE
U.S. Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Hall Home Furnishings
Cedar Rapids
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Yeltsin seeks debt relief as summit looms
Russian President Boris Yeltsin demands debt concessions and rejects Western aid as charity, arguing loans must be repaid. He accuses the IMF of pushing for energy price deregulation while preparing for a stormy Munich G seven summit with Bush and other leaders.
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Munich
Germany
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Bush
International Monetary Fund
Roadside native blooms catch the eye in Linn County
Rob Roman, roadside management specialist, views Linn County rights of way as living displays of native plants. He notes ditches filled with wild rose, purple prairie clover and butterfly milkweed, transforming road edges into natural color.
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Rob Roman
Linn County
Today’s Chuckle Power Lunch on the Job
A brief humor item about electric linemen sharing a meal during a work shift. The gag centers on the irony of a power lunch literalized by crew members eating while repairing lines.
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Steve Auerbach
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Food and Agriculture Committee
Jim Exon
D-Neb
Senate
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London
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Moscow
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