16 Mar 2001
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 2001
Page
1
Cedar Rapids plans to sell three houses bought last year for road widening on Mount Vernon Road SE. Details appear on the 1B page. Hawkeye Lindsey Meder balances basketball with a 3.96 GPA, epitomizing the student athlete in focus on the 4C section.
Iowa Citys 50 year old Ashton House earns national historic status for its distinctive design. Cedar County officials report a Monticello man charged with supplying alcohol to a teen who died after a night of drinking has left the state.
Iowa's three state universities must absorb more than 42 million in next year's budget cuts under Gov. Vilsack plan. UI faces 19 million, Iowa State 18 million, and UNI 54 million in reductions with layoffs and tuition hikes under consideration.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham warned at a Senate hearing that rolling outages appear inevitable in California and could spread to neighboring Western states. He said the administration opposes wholesale price controls and is exploring ways to boost Western power, including a possible small purchase from Mexico.
The EPA loosens summer oxygenate rules to allow cheaper ethanol blends. Agency head Christie Whitman says the change credits ethanol for carbon monoxide reductions, replacing its earlier costly, highly blended gasoline requirement in midwestern markets like Chicago and Milwaukee.
John Buenaventura 26 faces a first or second degree murder case in the death of his sister-in-law Salt Malacas. Linn County prosecutors say they have 45 days to file trial information and may amend charges. He remained jailed after an initial court appearance and arrest at the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
New census figures show West Liberty and Columbus Junction as Iowa’s most diverse towns based on the diversity index. The Hispanic populations in both towns approach about 40 percent, with the index indicating near 60 percent and just over 50 percent diversity respectively. Residents value cross-cultural interaction while noting accompanying tensions from rapid change.
Mallory Smith, a 38 year old mother, notes diversity while Tessa Graham, a Honduran native, has lived in West Liberty for 20 years and chose the town for its sizable Latino population.
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