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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1999
Page
1
An American Airlines jet ran off a Little Rock runway killing at least nine of 145 aboard. Details, photos on back pages.
Merlin E Curley Morris, a 1936 graduate, presents a $500 000 gift to Coe College saying it helps pay his admission. Additional notes reference UI and ISU football night matchups, McLeodUSA growth projections, and Paula Begoun’s hair care column.
John Swanson of Cedar Rapids drives Kathryne Sears' 1973 Volkswagen Beetle to the Gulf of Mexico this month, carrying her memory on a meaningful road journey featured in Ramblin in Friday's Gazette.
Russian and EU envoys hand delivered a Kosovo peace plan to Milosevic in Belgrade as talks proceed. Sergeyev called the meeting productive while officials said areas of agreement exist though disagreements remain on a NATO led peace mission and the size and command of a future peace presence.
Ebi Gashi, a University of Iowa journalism student, plans for his 80 year old father and family to return to Kosovo once a peace accord is reached and a home is rebuilt in Kijeva. The family fled Pristina after Serb forces. they are staying with relatives in New Jersey while Gashi pursues media work in Washington.
Iowa reported 36 641 live births in 1997 the lowest since records began this century marking the second year under 37 000 in three years The state still saw its population rise to 2 852 000 the highest since 1984 The drop reflects smaller families more planning and aging of the baby boom generation per Kevin Teale health agency spokesman
Iowa vital statistics show Jacob as the top boys name for the sixth year with 556 births and Emily leading girls with 324 in 1997. Other popular names included Hannah Madison Taylor and Katelyn. The report notes record lows in infant deaths 1915 style and marriages at 21 909, with divorces at 9712, plus fewer out of wedlock births at 9593.
Cedar Rapids attorney Tim White contends a 1989 Linn County ruling prevents placing a landfill on the 425 acre Hennessey family property in southwest Cedar Rapids. He says the decision blocks condemnation, sale, and future development plans, challenging Bluestem Solid Waste Agency’s landfill bid.
Cedar Rapids area residents voiced objections to proposed design standards for the south I 380 corridor at a City Council hearing. The plan would create an overlay district prohibiting billboards, limiting parking to 200 spaces, and requiring landscaped areas, with the Cedar Rapids Planning Commission backing the proposal.
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