Baseball scores from a mixed results card
American League results include Blue Jays five, Brewers none, Tigers eight, Royals one, Yankees five, Twins four, Rangers six, White Sox five with Indians at Oakland late, Red Sox at Los Angeles late, Orioles at Seattle late. National League saw Phillies five, Braves one, Giants three, Cubs two, Astros nine, Expos four, Dodgers five, Cardinals two with Reds at New York and Pirates at San Diego postponed or late.
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Cedar Rapids middle school dance program boosts attitudes
Nine Cedar Rapids middle school students took dance lessons tied to programs supporting students needing extra encouragement. Details on page 1B.
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Cedar Rapids
Branstad hints veto of WOI TV sale likely to stand
Gov. Terry Branstad suggested he would veto a bill blocking the sale of state owned WOI TV to a private buyer. He said politics should not interfere with university governance. Details on page 5B.
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Woi-Tv
Terry Branstad
Setting goals and reaching them
A column argues that investing without a long-range goal is like driving blind, you lose direction and miss future turns. Bondy on Money appears on page 6C, emphasizing clear objectives to guide financial choices and progress toward targets.
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Bondy
Money
Going, going, gone Men’s gymnastics faces extinction risk
The piece notes that men’s college gymnastics is endangered due to tight budgets and gender equity pressures, risking its survival as a sport. Details are promised on page 1C.
Baseball Facts and Figures from Hlas Column
An eclectic collection of baseball data and opinions from play by play notes to players. The column shares trivia about homers, home parks, and related anecdotes, offering readers a wide range of baseball curiosities.
Dessert stores on the endangered list Custard's Last Stand
A light humor item notes dessert shops in peril with a pun on Custard's Last Stand as a playful headline. It cites no specific stores or dates, keeping the jokey tone and brief local-paper flair.
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Custard’s
Tornado Tracking Advances With Technology in Gazette
Weather staff note improved tornado warnings through new tech and data. Meteorologists analyze formation patterns aided by graphics and photos to illustrate trends and risks.
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Health & Science
Cold nights threaten tender Iowa garden plants
John Kenyon reports Eastern Iowa endures unseasonable frost risk as mid 30s temps loom. Horticulturists warn about frost damage but offer steps to prune dead tissue and save plants. crops like corn and soybeans show resilience below ground, while fruit trees in bloom may suffer with deeper freezes.
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John Kenyon
Iowa
Virgil Schmidt
Linn County Extension Service
Patty Petersen
Supreme Court lets Congress decide on mail order sales tax
The court cleared a path for Congress to require out of state catalog firms to collect sales or use taxes if allowed by federal action. The ruling reverses part of a 1967 decision while keeping a ban on unilateral collection without congressional approval. Estimates of unrecovered tax range from about 1 to 3 billion dollars annually.
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Supreme Court
Congress
North Dakota
Nicholas Spaeth
Study finds single visit reduces chronic nightmare frequency
A New Mexico study reports average dream frequency fell from over two to under one per week after a single psychiatric visit. Two at home therapies desensitization and rehearsal produced similar improvements, with 4 of 23 patients no longer experiencing nightmares.
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Robert Kellner
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Kellner
Joseph Neidhardt
American Journal of Psychiatry
NEW York
Mississippi weighs moving riverboat licenses to Biloxi
Riverboat Corp of Mississippi seeks to relocate its Iowa boats the Emerald Lady and Diamond Lady from Natchez to Biloxi pending Mississippi Gaming Commission approval. Iowa firms report losses in 1991 totaling 7.5 million across both vessels while noting Illinois boats with no betting limits raise competitive pressure.
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Iowa
Kim Merchant
Steamboat Development
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Fort Madison
Burlington
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