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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1994
Page
1
Nancylee Liebenmann was told in 1986 to bring common sense to Iowa's Environmental Protection Commission and is now its chairwoman. Details on page 1B.
Police report a suspect fired at officers early Monday while they were executing an arrest on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids. Details are on page 3B.
Hiawatha Police Chief David Saari is expected to return to work today, two months after a heart attack suffered during vacation. Page 1B has details.
Andre Woolridge, a promising sophomore, prepares for his first real season with Iowa by playing in Argentina this summer with a Big Ten all star team. He sat out 1993 94 after transferring from Nebraska. Details on page 10.
Tomorrow's feature traces Spiro Anthopoulos who began at age fourteen on a Greek cruise ship dining room and now runs Two Brothers in Oelwein. Thirty years later his cafe is a local gathering spot with neighbors sharing memories in the Gazette.
A Supreme Court 5 to 4 decision bars states from forcing payment of drug possession taxes alongside criminal penalties. Iowa may see changes to its four year old drug stamp law, though officials say criminal penalties remain intact and the stamp is still a useful enforcement tool.
Veterans from California to New Zealand gathered at Omaha Beach to honor the 50th anniversary of the invasion. President Clinton and Queen Elizabeth II led ceremonies as about 100,000 attendees remembered 156,000 Allied soldiers who breached Hitler’s Atlantic Wall and opened the path to victory.
Sound montage of actual broadcast coverage from June 6 1944. City contact numbers 363 7000 and 337 7000 listed for category 2538.
Rep. Sam Gibbons of Florida leads a Ways and Means panel shift on health reform. He suggests cutting the proposed cigarette tax increase from 75 to 60 cents per pack and phasing it in over six years while preserving plans to expand Medicare for the poor and uninsured. The approach avoids a broad-based tax and uses a windfall withholding to fund coverage.
Unsecured Creditors Committee attorney Thomas Fiegen urged replacing NCC board members and President Augie Masciotra to fix governance after the failed gambling referendum. NCC’s attorney John Titler opposed removing Masciotra, while Joe Fox urged focusing on community interests and possible leadership refresh.
A two year study from the Alan Guttmacher Institute finds at least 70 percent of sexually active teens use contraception regularly and that teens are as effective as adults in using birth control. The report notes rising teen sexual activity and a drop in teen abortions in the 1980s.
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