Shaw family seeks 3.6 million in out of court claim
The Shaw family filed a 3.6 million claim with Iowa City officials, seeking 1 million for Shaw life loss and 1 million in punitive damages from two officers. City and family discuss settlement with negotiations expected to take months.
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Iowa City Council
John Kenyon
Johnson County
Iowa City
Eric Shaw
Shaw
Torneys
Naomi Novick
Woito
Jeffrey Gillaspie
Troy Kelsay
Novick
Jay
Blossom Shaw
Eric
John McLaine
Menomonee Falls
Wis
Kelsay and
Gillaspie
Hughes seeks broader Cedar Rapids recreation board role
Parks Commissioner Evan Hughes pushes for a broader future oriented view of recreation needs in Cedar Rapids while ex members Theresa Anderson Pat Martin and Dave Tessier say the Recreation Commission has been sidelined. They note a July letter requesting more input and criticize projects announced without commission notice. Hughes proposed an ordinance change to clarify the commission's role.
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Douglas Neumann
Gazette
Evan Hughes
Recreation Commission
Cedar Rapids
Theresa Anderson
Pat Martin
Dave Tessier
Hughes
Martin
Anderson
John Battin
Charles Dillard
Debra Grubich
Noelridge Park
Edgewood Road
Commission
Iowa Opens Cedar Rapids INS Office Targeting Drug Links
The Cedar Rapids Immigration and Naturalization Service office opens with supervisor Gerald Noland stating priority on linking meth trafficking to illegal Mexican migrants and inspecting illegal workers at Iowa job sites. The branch shares space with the DEA at 4403 First Ave SE awaiting a permanent site, with occupancy due by mid December.
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Gerald Noland
Iowa
Mexico
INS
Noland
Cedar Rapids
Drug Enforcement Agency
First Ave
Wildfires scorch Southern California homes as winds drive infernos
Fleets of helicopters and airplanes battled wind driven fires in Southern California destroying 95 homes and injuring six firefighters. The Malibu blaze caused a truck fire collapse with a firefighter listed in critical condition and a civilian burned in Carlsbad where at least 60 houses and 10 structures burned.
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Carlsbad
Calif
California
Santa Ana
Malibu
Corral Canyon
Long Beach
Don Parkins
Lou Stark
San Diego County
FTC study finds scanners price correct 95 percent of the time
A Federal Trade Commission report shows consumers are charged correct prices 95 percent of the time in stores using electronic scanners. Overcharges and undercharges were modest overall, with supermarkets lowest error rate and department stores highest. negligence, not fraud, mainly caused errors.
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Knight-Ridder
Ashington
Federal Trade Commission
Jodie Bernstein
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Harkin Campaign Wins Support for Education Spending
Senator Harkin says he has fought hard for education spending while Dole closes Midwest tour and Clinton urges NATO expansion to include former Soviet nations by 1999. Other notes mention a country radio show from Theatre Cedar Rapids and a Traer farmer rescuing motorists after a crash.
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Harkin
Dole
Clinton
NATO
Yankees Dominate Braves as Cone Shuts Down Hitters
Solid pitching by David Cone and a Bern ie Williams home run powered the Yankees past the Braves for their first World Series win.
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David Cone
Bernie Williams
Yankees
Braves
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University of Iowa
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Omaha
Nebraska
Charles Grassley
Des Moines
Tom Harkin
White House
Southern California
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Traer
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Marshalltown
Gloria Petersen
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