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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 2000
Page
2
A reader column discusses The Boomers 50 Games planned Oct 9 to 14 in Cedar Rapids sponsored by the Recreation and Golf departments Witwer Center and local businesses. The author advocates fair activities for ordinary seniors and jokes about ongoing public coverage and competition.
London opened its first pedestrian suspension bridge across the Thames linking St. Pauls Dome to Tate Modern. While designed to sway in gales, several walkers called it hair raising and blamed seasickness while engineers noted a safe center motion. The $27.3 million project funded partly by a Bridge House Estates grant aims to carry about 4 million people yearly.
Hillary Clinton remains tied or within two points of Rep. Rick Lazio after Giuliani’s exit from the NY Senate race. Polls from Zogby Blum & Weprin and Quinnipiac show Clinton and Lazio in a dead heat, with Clinton's high negatives cited as a factor.
A strong central Taiwan earthquake injured more than a dozen people but caused no deaths. The tremor measured magnitude 6.7 by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau and 6.2 by the USGS, centered about 30 miles north of Mount Yu and 180 miles south of Taipei.
The Gazette highlights its commitment to the future by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton in Cedar Rapids or nearest location, and provides Gazette Communications contact details and addresses.
Western and Israeli analysts say Assad death creates political uncertainty in Damascus, likely freezing short to medium term efforts for peace talks with Israel. They note Assad supported peace in principle but his successors face limited options, though long term prospects may improve after succession settles.
A compact note from a newspaper page shows fragments of display advertising references. The visible text includes column labels and codes such as 4A 2 3E BB SE 4C 10A 9B 2F 5 oe. The legible portion suggests cataloging or layout notes rather than a full ad.
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