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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 2000
Page
1
Joel Ahrendsen of Oxford Junction earned an award for a hillside chair and has since begun developing further inventions. Details note his ongoing work and possible future projects.
Former police chief William Byrne testified that he did not intend malice in statements about a terminated recruit. He said he did not want the recruit banned from police work.
Projected growth in Benton County suggests a need for 732 additional housing units by 2010. The estimate reflects current expansion patterns and housing demand across the region.
Gazette GameDay reviews the Iowa Hawkeyes 2000 football season highlighting what the team did well and where improvements were needed. Key players and turning points are discussed as the season's narrative is summarized.
A compact listing shows sections such as Births, Bridge, Calendar, Classifieds and Advice. Readers can peruse features labeled Accent Advice Births and related notices in the issue.
The Florida Supreme Court ruled that Palm Beach County can proceed with a manual recount of ballots, a temporary victory for Gore that underscores the race's focus on uncounted absentee ballots and Broward and Palm Beach counties. The decision pits Secretary of State Katherine Harris against the recounts and raises whether the secretary must accept results not completed by the deadline.
President Clinton arrives in Hanoi the first U S president to visit the city. A red carpet welcome near Ho Chi Minh mausoleum precedes a visit to Ba Dinh Square and the presidential palace. Clinton vows to build a different future with Vietnam as crowds gather and state media covers the event.
Texas Governor George W. Bush announced he would not pursue a recount in Iowa where he trailed Al Gore by about 4,000 votes, saying the nation must move toward fairness and finality in the November election. The decision, reached four hours before a recount deadline, aimed to protect Florida’s 25 electoral votes as Bush’s path to 270. Iowa Democrats and Republicans weighed the political implications and legal strategy behind the timing.
Jones County Attorney Connie Ricklefs says she will retry Nathan Watson on the charge of killing his father. The Iowa Supreme Court overturned his first degree murder conviction due to a conflict of interest by his attorney who had previously represented a key witness. The new trial must be set within 90 days of the reversal order. Watson is in Fort Madison Penitentiary and the bus where the killing occurred was destroyed.
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