Wilton man killed in Cedar County crash
Robert D. Ford, 47, of Wilton, died at the scene after a two-vehicle collision two miles north of Wilton on Tuesday afternoon. Donald E. Holladay, 19, of Moscow Iowa, was hospitalized in stable condition with injuries at Muscatine General Hospital.
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Robert D. Ford
Wilton
Cedar County
State Patrol
Donald E. Holladay
Moscow
Iowa
Ford
Holladay
Muscatine General Hospital
Waste agency adopts new union wage and benefits
The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency sets its own wage and benefit schedules for union workers and states it will not be a successor employer to the Cedar Rapids and Linn County landfills. Details on page 1B.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Woody's Bar May Return Under New Name
Jeff Macho, owner of the former Woody's Rock n Roll, seeks to reopen the Cedar Rapids bar under a changed name. The Cedar Rapids City Council demands assurances that underage drinking will not occur before approval. Details on page 3B.
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Jeff Macho
Woody’s Rock N Roll
Cedar Rapids
Regis Ousted In First Round Of 3A State Tourney
The Cedar Rapids Regis boys basketball team lost to Johnston 71-65 in a first round Class 3A state tournament game. Regis went six minutes in the third quarter without scoring as Johnston advanced.
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Cedar Rapids
Young Inventor Alexia Abernathy Plans Retail Launch
A Cedar Rapids seventh grader at McKinley Middle School, 13 year old Alexia Abernathy, gains attention in Thursday's Gazette for her invention set to reach retail next month through Youth Plus.
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Alexia Abernathy
McKinley Middle School
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Rostenkowski Survives Tough Chicago Primary Challenge
Rep. Dan Rostenkowski won the Democratic nomination for a 19th term in Chicago's 5th district with about 50 percent, defeating four opponents amid corruption scrutiny. Dawn Clark Netsch led Illinois governor primary as Jim Edgar easily won GOP nomination, while Rep. Philip Crane led in suburbs with Peter Fitzgerald close behind.
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Washington
Rostenkowski
House
Ways and Means Committee
Clinton
House Post Office
Dawn Clark Netsch
Jim Edgar
Philip Crane
Crane
Peter Fitzgerald
John Cullerton
Dick Simpson
Safe schools bill passes House urging cautious adoption-law view
Des Moines notes attorney Pam Lewis and the Schmidt family urged lawmakers not to overreact to the Anna Schmidt custody fight. They pressed for keeping Iowa's adoption law intact and argued changes should focus on ensuring homes for legally parentless children. Cara Schmidt urged mandatory counseling for birth mothers and a full 72 hour decision period.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Anna
Jessica) Schmidt
Iowa
Pam Lewis
Cedar Rapids
Dan
Cara Schmidt
Blairstown
House of Representatives
Michigan
Lewis
Schmidts
Des Moines House Approves Safe Schools Bill amid Rights Critics
The Iowa House adopted the safe schools measure 87 to 11 after hours of debate. Critics led by Rep. Rick Dickinson argued provisions on student records locker searches and criminal disclosures threaten student rights while supporters say the bill returns control to educators and parents. The measure seeds pilot programs teaching core values as part of character education and advances to the Senate.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
Rick Dickinson
D-Sabula
House
Dickinson
Steve Grubbs
R-Davenport
House Education Committee
Senate
Health reform debate begins with employer mandate vote
In a House subcommittee the Democratic majority defeated GOP attempts to overturn the employer mandate. Stark's plan would require businesses to pay for workers health insurance as a central step toward universal coverage. The panel also moved to require employer paid family coverage for workers with nonworking spouses and to cover 80 percent of premiums for the lowest cost plan.
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Congress
House
Pete Stark
D-Calif
Ways and Means Health
Fred Grandy
Iowa
Stark
Mike Andrews
Texas
John Lewis
D-Ga
Bill Thomas
Rcalif
Sander Levin
D-Mich
Jim McCrery
R-La
Contraceptive may cut breast cancer risk findings
USC researchers report a hormone regimen for high risk women may reduce breast cancer risk. Monthly GnRHA injections suppress ovarian function, then small estrogen and progesterone doses are given. After a year, mammograms show tissue density decline, implying lower cancer risk. ovarian cancer risk may also drop.
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University of Southern California
Journal of the
National Cancer Institute
USC
Darcy Spicer
Spicer
Netherlands
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