Top Iowa drug war leader Charles Larson Sr
Iowa drug policy coordinator Charles Larson Sr. warned of a methamphetamine surge sweeping the Midwest. He notes 31 labs seized in 1996 and another 31 this year, with rising treatment requests as meth and youth marijuana use challenge the state, while Larson presses communities to act in Iowa’s fight against drugs.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Larson Sr
Larson
Cedar
Freedom Fest 97 wraps after 11 day run in Cedar Rapids
Volunteers stepped up as 75 workers were needed for Freedom Fest 97 events across Cedar Rapids. Executive Director Nancy Wendler called the festival a success with weather mostly favorable and only two events canceled by rain. Attendance may mirror 1996’s 341,000 as final tallies are compiled in August.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Freedom Fest
Nancy Wendler
Wendler
Robbins Lake
Cedar Rapids
Woman dies in Davenport carpet removal blast
A gasoline fueled blast at a Davenport home killed 35 year old Dung Thi Train and injured four others including Ha To Glang who suffered critical burns after returning inside to rescue Train. Train's son and two other residents were hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Glang
Train
Natasha Courter
Ha To Glang
Sojourner Rover First Mars Explorer Rolls Onto Red Planet
The Sojourner rover became the first mobile rover on Mars rolling from the Pathfinder lander onto floury soil. Scientists compare its impact to Neil Armstrong and begin field geology from images while verifying rock and soil chemistry with the alpha proton X-ray spectrometer.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars Pathfinder
Red Planet
Neil Armstrong
Mars
Rover
Henry Moore
Pathfinder
University of Arizona
Ron Greeley
Greeley
NASA
Earth
Rich Pavlovsky
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sampras Wins Fourth Wimbledon Title in Five Years
Pete Sampras defeats Cedric Pioline 6 4 6 2 6 4 to claim his fourth Wimbledon crown in five years. No American man has more Wimbledon titles.
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Pete Sampras
Sampras
Cedric Pioline
Cedar Rapids debates curbside recycling program shift
Cedar Rapids moved waste reduction focus to industry years ago as curbside programs lagged. Now officials push for curbside gains but debate the best approach and scope of the program.
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Cedar Rapids
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