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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1996
Page
1
About 100 people attended a Kirkwood Community College hearing on the Iowa DNR plan to create a rural deer management zone with 150 special antlerless licenses. Residents argued the proposal offering no city relief, while speakers urged broader action and coordination among city, county, and state officials.
A local official notes that tackling deer issues in Cedar Rapids requires focusing on core causes. The statement signals a shift toward targeted management efforts and community engagement to reduce deer impacts.
A lone assailant armed with four handguns entered a Dunblane public school gym and killed 16 children aged five and six, plus a teacher and himself. Dozens more were wounded as police described a two to three minute attack, with one student escaping and two classmates home sick. Local fear gripped the village of Dunblane.
U S House to vote on a spending bill that could restore $815 million for Title 1 remedial reading and math. Sen. Harkin and Sen. Specter amended the measure to preserve education programs, including $2.7 billion overall, despite Cedar Rapids district cutting Title 1 reading teachers at six elementaries Grant Wood Garfield Grant Monroe Van Buren and Wilson.
A publishing tycoon Steve Forbes is withdrawing from the GOP presidential race and is expected to announce the decision today in Washington DC. The report notes lead girls all-state honors in Iowa and layoffs at an Iowa City plant due to a GM strike, with regional basketball semifinals also highlighted.
Liggett Group agreed to cash settlements in a major nicotine addiction lawsuit, stunning rivals and drawing anti smoking activists. The deal shifts legal costs and boosts Brooke Group chairman Bennett Le Bow in his bid for RJR Nabisco, while Philip Morris RJR Lorillard refuse settlements and keep challenging FDA rules.
Ron Pettit of Marion received two Burns autographs postmarked March 8, two days after Burns died at age 100. Pettit, who runs Ron's Collectibles, says the photos may be among Burns' last signatures and plans to sell them later.
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