Presidential visits cost Cedar Rapids area over 30000
Dale Kueter reports that the Clinton Havel Kovac visit boosted publicity for the National Czech and Slovak Museum but local government spent more than 30000 on security traffic control and setup. Federal costs vary by whether trips are campaign or official state business with taxpayers billed accordingly.
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Dale Kueter
United States
Clinton
Vaclav Havel
Michal Kovac
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
U.S
White House
Des Moines
Washington
Fragmentary Agency Budget Totals Across Departments Cited
State Patrol discusses staffing and mileage costs totaling 16.25 dollars per C R. Airport security lists staffing 1900 and equipment 100. Police Department shows a 10372 entry with mileage and a named labor. Engineering lists materials 1650 staff 200 and 275 materials 235. Traffic engineering notes staffing 5185. Shuttle bus tabulation pending. Linn County Sheriff’s Department registers 2500 mileage 450. Secret Service mentions non White House staff. Air Force One untabulated.
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State Patrol
C.R. Police Department
Gees Gasmeeke
Cedar Rapids Seeks to Keep Good Friday School Day
Cedar Rapids Superintendent Lew Finch says the current calendar will not include a Good Friday day off despite petitions with 1,622 signatures from local parents. Parents urge a half day on April 5 and continued holidays, while board members consider tax levy implications.
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Finch
Becky Stover
Cedar Rapids
Lew Finch
Lori Hays
Hays
Madison Elementary School Co-Pta
University of Iowa student appeals disciplinary action over gorilla suit incident
Joseph Sample, 22, a University of Iowa senior from Cedar Rapids, seeks court review of university sanctions after being suspended for a year and barred from sports for a year and ordered into a substance abuse program following two disorderly conduct incidents in 1994 and 1995.
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Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Joseph Sample
U of I
Cedar Rapids
Sample
Johnson County District Court
Hawkeye
Metrodome
Minneapolis
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Iowa
Ilowa-Northwestern
ESPN
Maria Hoopes
Peter Nathan
State Board of Regents
Richard Pundt
David Smith
Cedar
Clinton Zemin summit moves to Lincoln Center venue
China demands moving today's U S Chinese summit from the New York Public Library to Lincoln Center because of a Tiananmen exhibit. Clinton and Jiang Zemin meet with no shift in core positions while Perry and Grachev pursue NATO and Bosnia options and peacekeeping plans loom for October talks in Ohio.
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China
New York Public Library
Tiananmen Square
Clinton
Jiang Zemin
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
U.S
Yeltsin
William Perry
Pavel Grachev
White House
NATO
Perry
Grachev
Bosnia
Younkers to merge with Proffitt's Inc in proposed acquisition
Younkers announced on Monday it has agreed to a proposed acquisition by Proffitt's Inc, a Tennessee based department store chain. Stockholder approval is required for the deal to proceed.
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Younkers
Proffitt’s Inc
Tennessee
ISU Eyes Bandhauer Start At Quarterback
Iowa State coach Dan McCarney plans to start Todd Bandhauer at quarterback versus Oklahoma State this Saturday due to Todd Doxton’s reinjured ankle. Details on 1D.
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Iowa State
Dan McCarney
Todd Bandhauer
Oklahoma State
Todd Doxton
Mole Day celebration sparks chemistry curiosity at school
High school students explored different kinds of moles during chemistry classes to mark National Mole Day, which honors molecular weight. Details in Ramblin' on 1B.
Homicides decline in 1994 while personal crisis reports rise
The National Center for Health Statistics reports 1994 homicides at 23,730, down from 25,470 in 1993, with young males 15 to 24 bearing the heaviest burden at 6,790 slain and a rate of 37 per 100,000. Personal crisis reports climbed to 32,410, up from 31,230 in 1993, signaling continued public health challenges.
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Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
al Gore
Gore
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Hudson Valley
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Hyde Park
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Los Angeles Times
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Russia
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