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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 2002
Page
1
Carole Gauger of Cedar Rapids pursues speed as she races cars in a local effort to fulfill a dream. The piece highlights a grandmother driving ambition amid a sports section listing and city plans.
Forbes magazine releases its list of the world s richest people with details on top earners. The edition promises backstage insights into the Grammy Awards and includes Martha Stewart ivy growing tips in a weekend feature.
A local area jump rope team spanning fourth graders to juniors performs at school assemblies to promote fitness and healthy hearts, highlighting recreation programs and youth activity.
Nicole Plum receives up to 10 years for child endangerment and two years for involuntary manslaughter to run concurrently for the death of her infant daughter Baby Chelsea. Karol Horne, her mother, supports Plum’s family outside the Tama County Courthouse in Toledo after the ruling.
Nicole Plum faces prison for the December 2000 birth death of her newborn Baby Chelsea. Prosecutors paint her as self centered and callous, while defense frames her as a frightened teen in denial. Father of the baby unnamed. Plum shows little remorse. Court remarks label her actions cold and calculated.
An unreleased federal study links above ground nuclear tests to fallout in 18 Iowa counties. Eastern counties Linn Black Hawk Delaware Dubuque Iowa Jones and Tama show higher exposure, with maps based on wind patterns.
Senate negotiators reached a general agreement to triple ethanol use in cars and ban MTBE, moving toward a sweeping energy bill. The plan could raise corn prices and boost ethanol production in Iowa, with broad bipartisan support unlikely until Congress approves. Farmers, corn growers, and environmentalists see potential benefits for agriculture and clean fuel, contingent on final passage.
The Iowa Senate votes 26 to 20 to send Gov. Vilsack a package mixing employee furloughs, agency cuts and transfers funded in part by nearly 45 million from the rainy day reserve. The plan spares K-12 by using the reserve, while critics warn of hurt to staff and services. University of Iowa officials outline four months of added cuts and savings steps.
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