11 Jun 1993
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1993
Page
1
The Kenwood branch of the Cedar Rapids Public Library will relocate to Town and Country Shopping Center in September and be renamed the East Side Branch. Page 1B has more details.
Reliable Drug Store in Cedar Rapids will convert to an Osco Drug Store. The other Cedar Rapids location and the Marion store will close as the chain liquidates. Details on page 6C.
A 53-year-old rural Williamsburg farmer thought his cherished 1957 Chevrolet was lost forever. He located the classic car on a nearby farm and was reunited with the vehicle. Details on page 1B.
A Cedar Rapids group who fished Lake Erie last month all underwent heart surgery with multiple bypasses each. The report notes three to five bypasses per man and directs readers to page 5C for details.
A humorous quip notes that many doors opened for him in Hollywood, but all were marked exit, implying his career faced abrupt endings rather than opportunities.
In a new TNT presentation Randy Quaid portrays Frankenstein’s creature with modern twists. The classic tale is given a fresh angle while Quaid delivers a standout performance in this TV Vision feature from Saturday’s Gazette.
President Clinton has tentatively chosen Stephen Breyer for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Byron White. A face to face meeting is planned midday with Breyer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge Massachusetts after a lengthy interview and background check. Breyer, 54, was injured in a bicycle accident last Friday and released from the hospital last night.
Twelve year old Katie Slater feels both happy and sad on the last day of school at College Community. Students were dismissed at 11 30 a m, later than peers in Linn Marion and Cedar Rapids districts due to transformation days.
Cedar Rapids police consider changing the noise ordinance to issue citations without decibel readings as cars move and decibel meters may not record sound. The current limits are 60 daytime residential, 65 commercial, and 75 industrial. Police aim to restore peace quickly amid citizen complaints.
University of Northern Iowa President Constantine Curris said the Price Laboratory School will reopen in the fall and face no push to close. Fire marshal Jerry Corbett noted no determined cause and estimated damages above 3 million dollars as wind fueled the blaze.
Nora England of the University of Iowa anthropology department is named a MacArthur fellow. The five year grant from the MacArthur Foundation supports recipients' use of the funds as they choose. Last Iowa winners were Jorie Graham and Kent Whealy in 1990 with awards of 255000 and 275000 respectively.
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