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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1999
Page
1
John Allen of Cedar Rapids joins Lt. Mike Emerson in a police citizen training class learning techniques to subdue a subject. Also noted: the Kernels beat Lansing 5 4 before 1,487 fans.
The Spurs led only once late and held on to beat the Trail Blazers 86 to 85. The close contest featured a decisive late stop that sealed the game.
A brief note in the Gazette highlights that dogs and cats continue to be the most loved pets among Americans, reflecting enduring preferences and household companionship.
EU foreign ministers agreed to dispatch their official envoy Martti Ahtisaari to Belgrade this week to test Milosevic's willingness to accept Western terms for halting NATO bombing and a Kosovo settlement. He will meet Viktor Chernomyrdin in Bonn and Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade before returning to discuss outcomes with European leaders in Cologne.
University of Iowa scientists identify Arg345Trp as a rare mutation causing a common age related macular degeneration that blinds about five percent of those over 75. The finding links 39 families to a distant ancestor and appears in Nature Genetics. Researchers from Toronto London Switzerland and Australia contributed.
Foth and Van Dyke will present a recommended location to Bluestem Solid Waste Agency at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library. The firm's proposal targets the southwest Cedar Rapids area near the city limits. The Bluestem board will review the plan but not act tonight, with a decision due after a June 15 public hearing.
The Gazette notes a shift to southwest Cedar Rapids region after Linn County ruled out land with high corn suitability. Of 13 sites all above 65, criteria now require 250 acres minimum and proximity to paved roads with affected neighbors counted. Bluestem, created in 1994 by Cedar Rapids and Linn County, oversees siting as Cedar Rapids and Marion landfills near capacity.
Former staffers of the University of Iowa International Writing Program say they have been treated poorly since the program joined the comparative literature department in 1998. A one year hiatus review follows staff tensions and claims of disdain from Liberal Arts leaders.
Computer intruders defaced an Interior Department page and a federal supercomputer lab site in Idaho Falls, Idaho, taunting that they will strike more federal computers. The FBI said four search warrants were executed in Texas linked to a broader intrusion probe.
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