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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 2000
Page
5
A 40-year-old man armed with a pistol, knife, and hand grenade seized about 20 children and three teachers at a Wasserbillig preschool near the German border. Eight children were released. the hostage taker demanded a plane to Libya as police inched toward a calm, contact-based standoff.
The 73rd Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee cut 248 contestants to 110 after ten hours of rounds. Contestants ages 9 to 15 faced 597 words with misses on marshmallow and halieutics. Championship rounds air today on ESPN.
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