SE neighbors react to Cedar Rapids crack raids
Police in Cedar Rapids conducted a third raid in a month against crack cocaine sending 13 people, including a 14 year old, to jail after swoop on two near southeast homes. Detectives say two Chicago residents and others were linked to a crack network flowing from Waterloo and the Quad Cities. Community voices are divided over targeted policing.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Quad Cities
Daisy Ellen Hurt
Larry Greco
Why do spouses kill
A Cedar Rapids woman outlines plans and motives for murder in a interview at the Linn County Courthouse after a verdict in a domestic violence case. Statistics show domestic violence accounts for about one quarter of Iowa homicides from 1987 to 1990, with equal gender participation among killers despite the abuse context.
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YWCA
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Martha Coco
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Victoria Waller
Larry
Marsha Downs
Toledo
U S Paid 360 Million to Gulf Bank for Iraqi Loans
The United States discharged 360.7 million in loan guarantees to Gulf International Bank partly owned by Iraq to cover agricultural purchases made before the 1990 invasion. The payments come despite a presidential order banning business with Iraq and follow a broader, controversial effort by the Reagan and Bush administrations to ease ties with Saddam Hussein.
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Washington
U.S
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Kuwait
United States
Department of Agriculture
The
Times
Department
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Bush
Saddam Hussein
Gulf International Bank
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New York
Singapore
Commodity Credit Corp
Colloton to lead statewide health services reform effort
Colloton will exit after 20 years as director of the University of Iowa Hospitals to become vice president for statewide health services. He aims to drive comprehensive reform rather than Band-Aid fixes, overseeing hospitals and colleges while shaping state health policy.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
John Colloton
United States
Colloton
University of Iowa Hospitals
Iowa
U of I
Mason City
U of I Hospitals
Hunter Rawlings
Rawlings
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Education chief to chat with principals on hot line
Secretary Lamar Alexander will join 130 plus principals from 50 states and D C at the principals convention in New Orleans to take calls on the toll free hot line 1 800 944 1618. The line runs today noon to 8 pm central and Monday 8 am to 8 pm with Alexander taking calls just before 10 am Tuesday. The hot line aids parents hesitant to approach officials with questions.
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Lamar Alexander
Alexander
States
District of Columbia
New Orleans
Etta Fielek
Tomorro n on her way to medical career in view
Susan Meffert, a Cedar Rapids Washington senior, pursues a medical career following her physician father and an older sister in medical school. She researches DNA as Youth Plus feature in Mondays Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Gazette
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