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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 2000
Page
1
Marion residents urge the City Council to build a skate park citing unsafe or unsuitable street conditions for skating. The appeal notes a need for designated space and community support.
A teenage girl died and five others were injured when firecrackers reentered a vehicle and caused it to strike a pole. Details, 5B.
Pete Drakos and Jean Allen wed at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Fairfax with their dog Jessie, a 5 year old curly coated retriever, serving as ring bearer.
Gov. Tom Vilsack asserts that diverting money from the RISE fund will not cause road construction delays or layoffs. House Majority Leader Christopher Rants repeats the claim while questioning potential impacts.
Iowa Governor Vilsack proposes a 10 dollar ethanol coupon plan funded by RISE money to ease high fuel prices and promote ethanol. Republicans warn the 14 million proposal could divert funds from highway construction and delay road projects.
Cedar Rapids resident Earl Truai found a $100 bill June 26 in southwest Cedar Rapids. He posted a classified ad and turned down a respondent with the wrong location, aiming to return the money to its rightful owner.
MBNA of Wilmington has signed a five year deal to market the UI Memorial Union credit card and to access the US Alumni Association mailing list. MBNA may set up a table on campus five days a week, staffed by a student group, with $4 paid per completed application. The deal, effective January 1, raises the association's revenue and funds a $150,000 annual career services initiative.
Pharmacists in Eastern Iowa warn the Medicare Rx Act 2000 championed by Rep. Jim Nussle could drive prescriptions to mail-order or Internet providers, ending community drugstores and harming seniors. Nussle defended the plan and pledged pharmacist involvement, citing local pharmacists as essential to the program.
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