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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1997
Page
8
The University of Iowa recorded 211.8 million dollars in funding for the budget year ending June 30, with 162.2 million earmarked for research. Increased federal support is credited for most of the growth in grants gifts and contracts.
University of Illinois funding highlights a heavy emphasis on its College of Medicine with 122.6 million in grants, while overall federal support rises. U.S. Public Health Service leads with 91 million, NSF 8.7 million, Education 16.7 million, plus strong non federal totals and state contributions. A laser instrument project by Gurnett draws attention as part of space research funded by NASA.
Attorney General Janet Reno urged black police executives to reduce the disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences while keeping crack penalties higher for sale. She cited violence in inner cities and stressed fairness alongside a stiffer penalty that fits the crime.
Forty five University of Iowa faculty members received more than 1 million dollars in fiscal 1997, led by Charles Lynch with 6.99 million from state funds NIH and SRA. Other top recipients include Richard Nelson 3.77 million and Edwin Stone 3.63 million from NIH Alcon and philanthropy groups.
A declassified Treasury memo reports about 200 million Swiss francs looted by the Croatian puppet regime and kept in the Vatican after World War II. The finding, linked to A&E’s Nazi gold documentary, is the first credible Vatican involvement cited in the saga.
Frank outlines Cy clos plan to launch a 60 million space mission by 2000, with a 600 mile orbit craft to film comets and analyze water and organic molecules. He predicts 50 to 60 teams compete, skeptics remain at universities, and he would lead as investigator controlling spending.
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