Heaven's Gate deaths raise questions about UFO cult crisis
In Rancho Santa Fe California thirty nine Heaven's Gate members died over three days by self administered drug and alcohol overdoses after packing bags for a supposed rendezvous with a Hale-Bopp comet linked UFO. Videos and farewell letters circulated as authorities described an organized planned exit. The group led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles promoted an afterlife path, while the Heaven's Gate site and related videos depicted a collective ascent.
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Rancho Santa FE
Calif
Nick Matzorkis
Heaven's Gate
Hale-Bopp
Matzorkis
Marshall Applewhite
One third of U.S. children lacked insurance in 1995 96
The Families USA report cites 33 percent nationwide and 29 percent in Iowa as uninsured at some point during 1995 96. Ron Pollack calls the rise an uninsurance epidemic, noting many uninsured children endure gaps lasting a year or more.
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Dale Kueter
Iowa
Ron Pollack
Families USA
Iowa Department of Insurance
Jo Oldson
Oldson
Class of '94 anglers thrill Mississippi River
The Class of '94 delights anglers on the Mississippi River as biologist John Pitlo notes wall eyes and saugers reach 15 to 17% inches, with abundant prime condition. details on page 5C. Quaker Oats sells its fruit and tea drinks line for 300 million, taking a 1.4 billion loss, page 6B. Warm weather begins grass fire season but winds and carelessness whip fires out of control in some areas, page 1B.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
Department of Natural Resources Fisheries
John Pitlo
Quaker Oats
Iowa artist crafts Christ statue for rural church
Washington sculptor Paul Alquesera III is finishing a 12 foot bronze Christ on a cross for St Peter and Paul Catholic Church near Harper Keokuk County. The project, donated by the artist with church funding for materials, aims for Memorial Day reveal after a 1993 lightning strike destroyed the previous statue. The artist says the effort was spiritually meaningful though not profitable.
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Dave Gosch
Ashington
Iowa
Paul Alquesera III
Jesus Christ
Keokuk County
Alquesera
Washington
Christ
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Harper
Cedar Rapids
Algueseva
Jesus
Alva Baker
Baker
Probe finds troopers right in Garber case at Anchor Inn
State internal affairs probe finds troopers acted correctly in November at the Anchor Inn Garber where a 10 officer team inspected the bar and arrested three patrons two for intoxication and one for interference with official acts. Commissioner Paul Wieck II released the findings.
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Rick Smith Gazette
Clayton County
Paul Wieck II
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Louis Menge
Garber
Menge
Wieck
Iowa State Patrol
Iowa Citizens’ Aide/Ombudsman
Anchor Inn
Inn
Branstad Signs 200 Million Tax Cut In Iowa History
Governor Terry Branstad signed into law a 200 million income tax cut the largest in Iowa history at a Clive construction site. He called it a great day for Iowa noting the 10 percent across the board rate reduction will boost competitiveness and create quality jobs with first paychecks under the new rate in 1998.
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House
Senate
Branstad
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