Petition seeks delay in Cedar Rapids government vote
Cedar Rapids considers delaying the form of government vote after a petition with enough signatures prompts a special election on July 11. League of Women Voters leaders urge forming a charter commission to extend review time and propose an alternate plan. A public meeting at the Cedar Rapids Public Library will outline petition details.
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Lonnie Zingula Dazette
Cedar Rapids
P.T. Larson
Larson
League of Women Voters
Myrna Loehrlein
League
Cedar Rapids Public Library
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Cedar Rapids Museum buys rare Grant Wood painting
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art acquires Spring in the Country, a 1941 Grant Wood oil on masonite, one of his last two works completed before 1942. Director Joseph Czestochowski and Betsy Huston announce the purchase, likely around 250000 dollars, and the piece goes on view at 410 Third Ave SE.
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Jazette Stan
Cedar Rapids
Museum
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Wood
Art Institute of Chicago
Czestochowski
William D. Quarton
U.S. weighs ground troops to aid Bosnia peacekeepers
Washington signals possible U.S. ground support to redeploy or shield United Nations troops in Bosnia Herzegovina. White House officials stress obligations as NATO allies seek safer positions and stronger Protective Force, while Bosnian Serbs hold hostages.
United States May Consider Ground Troops to Support UN Forces
NATO actions prompt U S planning to reinforce or redeploy forces. About 2000 Marine amphibious specialists were dispatched to the Adriatic Sea as British planes begin arriving in Croatia for the first wave of up to 6200 reinforcements. Bosnian Serbs demand guarantees against further NATO air attacks.
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Tary
Mike McCurry
U.N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Noordwijk
Netherlands
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Adriatic
USS
Theodore Roosevelt
MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour
U.S
William Perry
Split
Croatia
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Radovan Karadzic
NATO
Sarajevo
United Nations
Adriatic Sea
Fields Denies Stabbing Lacey in Deadly Cedar Rapids Case
In Linn County Court, Dick Hogan reports that 25 year old defendant David Fields denied killing Blonda Lacey last Dec 30. The jury begins deciding guilt as prosecutors seek to pin the murder on Fields or another party amid drug and gang disclosures and testimony about a knife found at the scene.
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Dick Hogan
David Fields
Blonda Lacey
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Fields
Lacey
Second Ave
Ray Washington
Chicago
Washington
Ed Leff
Gangster Disciples
Jerry Vander Sanden
Fisherman believed drowned at Coralville
Roy R. Johnson a 52 year old Coralville man is believed to have fallen from his boat and drowned in Coralville Lake. Rescue crews searched the area between North Liberty and Solon with floodlights after nightfall and drones and helicopters were unused. Authorities say two witnesses reported Johnson’s cries for help as his boat circled before sinking and that no surface rescue was possible.
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Johnson County
Robert Carpenter
Johnson
Mehaffey Bridge
Carpenter
Solon
North Liberty
Pied Piper Music Mentor Inspires Cedar Rapids Preschoolers
Stephanie Wager, director of the Symphony School, guides Cedar Rapids preschoolers into the world of music in Up Close. Mount Vernon group seeks funds to buy the Odeum Theatre after it went up for sale. Wisconsin bald eagles to be moved to a Coralville Lake box on Monday.
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C.R. Symphony Symphony
Stephanie Wager
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Odeum Theatre
Wisconsin
Coralville Lake
Wadena Rock Fest Plans Progress
Details of the July 29 rock concert near Wadena were announced Tuesday by organizers. Page 1B coverage notes event specifics and scheduling.
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Wadena
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Loehrlein
Grant Wood
C.A. Museum
By Cindy Cullen Chapman
Rebecca P. Lindwall
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Bosnia
Gazette Wire Services
Clinton
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Balkans
C.R
Vander Sanden
Robert Jones
Marion
Jones
Las Vegas
Wheth
Coralville
Nya A
Mount Vernon Group May Buy Theater
Eaeeneeeneee Legals
Crypto Pewnennnes
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