Kosovo pullout under way as NATO aims for peacekeeping
Balkans report notes Serbs begin withdrawal to establish a secure Kosovo environment. The United States pledges 7000 troops within a 50000 strong force. Amphibious US Marines move toward Macedonia amid anti NATO protests in Greece. NATO seeks verification of Serb pullout before the peacekeeping entry.
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Kosovo
United States
U.S
Greece
Macedonia
NATO
Yugoslavia
William Cohen
Russia
Security Council
Pentagon
Kenneth Bacon
Slobodan Milosevic
Kosovo Liberation Army
Milosevic
Serbia
Albania
Tony Blair
Blair
Kukes
Delnie Vehopi
City Briefs Ads Begin June 14 In Gazette Classified
Beginning June 14 in the Gazette Classified Eastern Iowa's Marketplace readers find daily ads in the Announcements section. The brief notices advertise bingo at Hawkeye Downs tonight at 6 30 with 5 admission and 57 for 600, and a Knights of Columbus bingo tonight at 6 30 with 56 for 600. Berger Furrier offers cold fur storage at 377-1303. Kings and Queens Coaches run nightly to Tama at 364-7161.
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Adv
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Basile’s gift funds economics program at Mount Mercy
Basile, a retired Link-Belt executive, endowed scholarships about 20 years ago and funded Warde Hall chapel renovations named for his daughter Marian Stello, a 1953 Mount Mercy graduate. He aims to establish an economics building to teach students about capitalism and global affairs.
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Stello
Marian Stello
Mount Mercy
Basile
Mount Mercy to Endow Feld Chair in Honor of President Feld
More than 400 donors gave $500 000 to create the Thomas R Feld Endowed Chair honoring Mount Mercy College President Thomas Feld who retires June 30 after 22 years. Emmett Scherrman announced the chair at a dinner in Felds honor. The board named Feld president emeritus and awarded him an honorary doctor of humanities at May commencement.
Mount Mercy receives substantial gift and board addition
Basile pledged 2 million dollars to fund an economics building at Mount Mercy after a golf game remark to Feld. He has two daughters, Christine Schmitz and Stella Basile, who joined the Mount Mercy board of trustees in April, and he endowed a scholarship for All Saints School aiding about 12 families last year.
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Basile
Mount Mercy
Christine Schmitz
Cedar Rapids
Stella
Crystal Lake
Ill
Mount Mercy Board of Trustees
All Saints School
Cindy Machado
Target plan faces opposition over residential area
A petition started by Ken Bump with about 200 signatures opposes a SuperTarget location citing high density retail near homes, traffic, and lighting concerns. Virgil Dietz signed. Opponents seek zoning change from IJ-1A to C-2 for a nearby seven acre parcel, a request also rejected by the commission.
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Suburban St. NE
Virgil Dietz
Suburban
St. NE
Target
Commission
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