Cicadas emerge in Iowa with warning for 1997 and 1998
Iowa entomologist Lewis explains Brood 3 and Brood 19 cicadas will reappear in 1997 and 1998 across Johnson Tama Benton Iowa Cedar Muscatine and Louisa counties. He contrasts 17 year and 13 year periodic cicadas with the annual species and notes hatching periods lifecycles and protection tips.
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Johnson
Tama
Benton
Cedar
Muscatine
Louisa
Lewis
Nebraska
Mistrial delaying baby death case over witness access
The defense alleges the state lacks adequate time to interview witnesses, claiming potential ineffective counsel and strategic withholding of witness names. Attorneys clash over trial readiness as jury impaneling stalls and a July date looms amid abuse and head injury theories.
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Dillard
Farmer
Carr
the Gazette
Iowa ethanol push eyed as boost to corn sector in Senate bill
National Corn Growers Association estimates the reformulated gasoline provision could create a market for 1.5 billion bushels of corn annually to produce about 3.3 billion gallons of ethanol by century’s end. The plan foresees a $14.4 billion GDP lift after a $3.4 billion plant investment, with Iowa incomes rising by $325 million, amid a coalition of farmers and environmental groups and opposition from oil and coal lobbies. Tauke welcomed the expansion of high pollution areas and noted ethanol’s cost effectiveness, while President Bush backed the compromise as part of a cleaner fuels package.
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Senate
National Corn Growers Association
Corn
Tauke
Bill Richardson
D-N.m
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Bush
Congress
Census taker fired after reporting suspected marijuana use
Cedar Rapids census taker Stephen Larson was fired after notifying police that a man he questioned appeared to be using marijuana. Larson said he was suspended Monday for disclosing confidential materials and the termination followed a Gazette story about census takers. The suspension remains indefinite pending investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Stephen Larson
Larson
Mary Williams
U.S. Census Bureau
The
Gazette
Census Bureau
Grant Aids 1200 Farmstead Ex-Workers In Albert Lea
The Labor Department issues a $600,000 emergency grant to train counsel and place for 1,200 former Farmstead Foods employees in Albert Lea Minnesota. Labor Secretary Dole approved after Sen. Boschwitz urged reconsideration. Funds available for summer classes at the local technical college following the plant closure on March 20.
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Department of Labor
Farmstead Foods
Albert Lea
Minn
Department
Labor
Elizabeth Dole
Rudy Boschwitz
Rminn
Technical College
Minnesota
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Helmsley Ruled Unfit for Trial on Tax Fraud Charges
Real estate magnate Harry Helmsley, 80, deemed unfit to stand trial on state tax fraud charges by State Supreme Court Justice John Bradley. Doctors reports not viewed by the judge but he was informed Helmsley is unfit, with hypertension noted as a factor.
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New York
Harry Helmsley
Manhattan
Supreme Court
John Bradley
Helmsley
Joffrey Artistic Director Returns as Board Reshapes
Joffrey Ballet faces leadership upheaval after resignations of five board members and the executive director. An interim director is named as a nine member board forms to raise funds and oversee operations. Arpino reaches agreement to license his ballots to the company under terms to be reviewed by the full board.
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Hancher Auditorium
University of Iowa
Hancher
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