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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1998
Page
1
Rural Solon parishioners rally to save the historic Ss Peter and Paul church after closure was proposed. Volunteers mobilize to preserve the building and restore its role in the community.
Traffic enforcement and gas stations prepare for a busy Memorial Day weekend as about 32 million people are expected to drive 100 miles or more from home. The holiday travel surge highlights heightened police activity and fuel demand across the region.
Special Sunday report recaps Rote school rankings with test scores and class size while profiling Curt Hames a mobile home mogul and activist opposing second class status for manufactured housing. Includes Page 1A teaser.
Tama Police investigate two gunshot deaths at David Tomlinson home in the 100 block of McClellan Street. Victims include 52 year old David L. Tomlinson and a female in her 20s. dog Scooter hindered the scene as investigators await Iowa DCI arrival. Angela Tomlinson, 26, is identified as the suspect’s daughter.
Chuck Huss, 49, of the Everest Environmental Expedition '98, turned back less than 2,000 feet from the summit due to exhaustion and a frozen oxygen mask. He will continue climbing lower peaks and cites cost and danger as reasons not to attempt Everest again. Five of 11 Americans reached the peak during the expedition to clean up the mountain.
Exit polls indicate broad approval of the Belfast crafted peace accord. In Northern Ireland about 70 percent back the agreement while over 90 percent of voters in the Republic support it, with Protestant and Catholic communities split in Northern Ireland but Catholics overwhelmingly yes.
Police found at least five bombs at Kip Kinkel's home as they removed his mother's body. Demolition experts uncovered timing devices two pipe bombs and more than a dozen explosive components in a garage crawl space. Neighbors were evacuated as bomb squads swept the area near Springfield Oregon.
Cedar Rapids Superintendent Lew Finch and Police Chief Bud Byrne urged calm while taking recent school violence seriously. Kennedy High pupil Austin Akers 16 faces expulsion under zero tolerance after bringing a loaded handgun to school prompting hearings, with a June 8 board decision. Police and district seek a school safety officer and funding for coverage amid past expulsions and pepper spray incidents at Roosevelt and Metro High.
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