Body found in Fontana Park prompts investigation
A 24 year old man wandered from a Mental Health Institute outing and was found dead in Fontana Park near Hazleton. Park workers located the body around 4 p.m. An autopsy will determine the cause of death. identity withheld pending relatives notification.
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Mental Health Institute
Independence
Artist lands in Wellman to craft jewelry from fossils
Laura Anderson left her Oklahoma job and moved to Iowa countryside to start a career creating fossil jewelry. Details on page 1B.
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Wellman
Laura Anderson
Oklahoma
Iowa
Cedar River Paper to Hire 125 for New Recycling Plant
Cedar River Paper Co plans to hire 125 workers for a new waste paper recycling plant. Toyota Motor Insurance Services expects about 30 more workers for its processing center. Details on page 4B.
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Cedar River Paper Co
Toyota Motor Insurance Services
Peregrine Chicks Hatch in Cedar Rapids Nest
Two of four peregrine falcon eggs in a downtown Cedar Rapids nest have hatched marking the area as a home for offspring of a female peregrine released in Des Moines in 1991. Peregrines are an endangered species and typically return to successful nesting sites. Details on page 5C.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Greatness Behind Paul O'Neill’s Rise Through Cedar Rapids
The article assesses Paul O’Neill’s progress with the New York Yankees and notes how hard it is to gauge a prospect’s potential as he passes through Cedar Rapids on the route to the majors. The piece appears on page 1C as a sports column.
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Cedar Rapids
TV Vets Focus on D-Day Anniversary in June Coverage
Dozens of documentaries dramas and news programs are planned around the June 6 anniversary of the World War II invasion as TV Vision in Saturday's Gazette notes the renewed emphasis on the D-Day story.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies at 64 of cancer
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died at 64 in New York four months after revealing she had lymph non Hodgkin cancer. She was surrounded by family and Maurice Tempelsman at her Fifth Avenue home as her condition worsened. President Reagan and Kennedy family members issued statements honoring her influence and grace.
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New York
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Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
John F
New York Times
Kennedy
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George Bartles
St. Thomas More
Edward Kennedy
Washington
Marion City Council approves mobile park plan after lengthy debate
After three hours of public debate the Marion City Council voted 6 1 to approve rezoning for a Cedar Rapids developer's 304 lot mobile home park on the east edge of town. The project includes 133 single family homes and a 24 acre commercial area near Highways 151 and 13. Critics called mobile home parks dumps and warned property values would fall, while builders supported the plans amid divided opinion.
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Tom Fruehting
Gazette Star
Marion City Council
Greens
Cedar Rapids
Jim Bark
Senate eases water rules in major drinking water bill
The Senate approved the Safe Drinking Water bill 95 to 3, easing rules for small rural systems. It creates a $1 billion annual revolving loan fund, allows reduced testing when no contamination is found, and requires cost risk analysis before new standards. Milwaukee cryptosporidium warning coincides with the vote.
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Washington Reporter
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Senate
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Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
EPA
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Lauch Faircloth
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Larry Pressler
South Dakota
Richard Shelby
D-Ala
Claiborne Pell
D-R.1
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Charles Grassley
Dyersville
Milwaukee
Wis
Associated Press
Gage Skull Autopsy Illuminates Frontal Lobe Function
Iowa City researchers recount Phineas Gage’s 1848 injury and postmortem study to link behavior changes with the frontal lobe. The modern autopsy on Gage’s skull, compared with contemporary imaging, reinforces decision making as a frontal brain function.
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Iowa City
Phineas P. Gage
Vermont
University of Iowa
Gage
San Francisco
Science
Hanna Damasio
Antonio Damasio
Harkin Boycotts Head Start Ceremony Over Funds
Senator Tom Harkin objects to the Head Start expansion plan signing arguing budget cuts and Clinton's defense stance limit extra funds. He cites a $126 million approved of $700 million pledged and says aid could come from heating and electricity subsidy programs for the poor.
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