04 Oct 2000
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 2000
Page
1
The Gazette's Mike Hlas previews Coe College football with reasons to attend. Highlights include player strengths, schedule insights, and what fans can expect from the Kohawks this season.
Red shirt freshmen Robert Gallery and Sam Aiello are the latest Hawkeyes to undergo Iowa’s storied tight end to tackle conversion. Details, 10.
The Cedar Rapids SuperTarget opens today featuring a Starbucks and a Krispy Kreme counter. City officials also note a new small solar powered house design by UI professor Jay Shafer and an ordinance requiring players to wear shirts at city golf courses.
World renowned opera singer Simon Estes visits Cedar Rapids for a benefit concert to aid the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa. The event highlighted regional arts and community history with Estes carrying a national profile.
The speaker argues Governor Bush would allocate more funds to tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent than the combined new spending proposed for education health care prescription drugs and national defense. The opponent claims the surplus belongs to the government while the speaker says it belongs to hardworking Americans and proposes sharing it.
Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush sparred over tax cuts Medicare drug benefits and campaign finance in their first fall debate. Gore accused Bush of benefiting the wealthiest while Bush argued relief should reach the middle class.
Bush and Gore spar over tax cuts and elder drug coverage with sharp rhetoric. Analysts note CTJ estimate that about 42.6 percent of Bush’s tax cut would flow to the richest 1 percent, while Bush cites broad relief and uncertain defense and health spending figures.
Iowa officials support a national 0.08 percent blood alcohol standard by 2004, arguing it could save about 500 lives annually. Mothers Against Drunk Driving and lawmakers weigh the potential benefits against skeptics who doubt immediate fatalities reduction.
Negotiators and President Clinton back a measure requiring states to set the legal drunk driving limit at 0.08 percent blood alcohol by 2004. States not adopting the lower standard could lose federal funding. Currently 18 states and DC have 0.08 laws. Iowa and others still use 0.10. Massachusetts treats 0.08 as evidence but not proof.
Aging septic systems along the Cedar River watershed may be causing fecal coliform in river tributaries though levels remain within safe drinking water standards. Cedar Rapids officials report 60 sampling sites, with Morgan Creek near Covington showing 21 000 colonies per 100 ml and tests planned for Nov. 18 to confirm if a persistent issue exists.
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