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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1994
Page
1
Prosecutors aired a 1991 conversation between Ronald Downs Sr and Gloria Heising, the woman he killed in January, as the bench trial nears a verdict. Downs faces first degree murder charges and has admitted committing the act. Judge Michael Melloy could issue a verdict on Friday.
Linn County historical museum reopens after a facelift and brand change to a new name amid two new exhibits. The revamp includes a renovated facility and expanded displays, with opening details noted on page 1B.
As part of a companywide cutback, 50 jobs at the Cedar Rapids Ralston plant will be eliminated. Company officials hope most of the cuts can be made through retirements. Details on page 5B.
In the final excerpt from Mickey Mantle's memoirs the baseball great recalls his first World Series and his impressions of idol Joe DiMaggio. Details on page 1C.
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved a 500000 state grant application to pave three area nature trails. Details appear on page 1B.
The fourth annual festival in downtown Iowa City showcases traditional and post-bop sets headlined by the T S Monk Sextet. Admission is free, with a weekend lineup highlighted in Friday's Gazette.
The EPA will unveil final rules to require corn based ethanol in the Clean Air Act fuel program. Refineries must add at least 2 percent oxygen in gasoline in high pollution areas starting next January. The plan targets about one third of U.S. gasoline with a 15 percent oxygenate share in year one rising to 30 percent in 1996.
Shayne Erickson 25 who calls himself a governor of the Gangster Disciples in Cedar Rapids is charged by Linn County Attorney Den ver Dillard with participating in a criminal gang under a four year old Iowa law. Cedar Rapids Police caution that gangs may be looser affiliations than feared.
Hundreds of Haitian boat people are diverted to a new tent city at the U S Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as Coast Guard cutters and Navy ships intercept thousands fleeing political and economic turmoil in Haiti.
The Interior Department plans to up grade the bald eagle from endangered to threatened after a 90 day comment period. Officials and environmentalists call the change the best environmental news of the year with about 8000 adult eagles nationwide and Iowa reporting 1183 eagles over winter count.
Sixteen year old Maxi Bramow remained in rehabilitation after a June 20 auto crash left her with a closed head injury. Her mother Pam Edwards described her as a changed person while doctors plan a week of tests and physical therapy at St Luke's Rehabilitation Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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