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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1994
Page
1
Time Check residents criticize the city flood control efforts as ongoing flooding since 1961 persists near their homes. They urge faster action and clearer progress on ending the problem.
Western Oregon defeated Mount Mercy 82 to 74 to reach the NAIA Division II final. The semifinal result eliminates the Mustangs and advances the Wolves, with coverage continuing on page 1D.
Souvenir Inc the pen and pencil supplier to the specialty advertising market will start a 24 000 square foot expansion next week. The project aims to boost production space and inventories and is described in the article on page 4B.
Kalkaska Michigan district faced early school closure for 10 weeks last year and remains in financial trouble a year later. Residents stay focused on cost cutting and budget priorities as administrators work to stabilize funding.
Iowa farmland increased about 2 percent in value over the last six months as reported by the Iowa Realtors group. The gain marks a 10 percent rise over five years. Details on page 4B.
Freshman Jess Settles named Big Ten Freshman of the Year for Iowa. Senior Needle Tunsil selected to the all Big Ten women's first team. Settles is the first Hawkeye to win the award. Details on page 1D.
Dan Coffey, who once planned a chemistry career after his father, faced C grades and stage lure. The Gazette reports how he qualified to be Dr. Science on National Public Radio in a Neighbors feature.
Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, a close Clinton ally, resigns to focus on a dispute with his former Little Rock law firm over expenses and unbilled time. The issue involves more than $500,000 in bills from P.O.M. Inc. Hubbell notified President Clinton and Attorney General Reno, who accepted the resignation.
The Randalls of Benton County face a bureaucratic maze after the 1993 flood, shuffling through eight agencies in nine months while losing their home. They are too poor for a loan and too rich for a grant, despite attempts by Sen. Grassley to secure a special federal review. They toured several inspections, SBA loans, and contractor reluctance before facing a potential total rebuild and relocation aid.
Iowa's under five population declined 2.6 percent to 190,000 since 1990, while the national under-five count grew 5 percent. Iowa is among 14 states with preschooler population drops, as overall age groups show mixed changes across 1993 estimates.
In Santa Fe Springs California a man fired from Extron Electronics opened fire killing three former colleagues before dying from a self inflicted gunshot. Deputies found him inside the plant with a .38 pistol near a victim. All involved appeared to be of Asian descent.
The Soviets warned Aldrich Ames in 1989 to be careful with CIA computers after the agency began a secret entrapment program in 1987 to trap double agents. Prosecutors say the warning, found in a nine page letter from Soviet handlers, suggests possible inside help at the CIA. Investigators note other top secret documents in Ames's possession tied to Russian intelligence.
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