Mel Sievers Welcomes Old Gus Home After Abduction
Mel Sievers greets Old Gus as the family companion returns home following an abduction. Details appear in Ramblin 1B.
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Mel Sievers
Old Gus
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1998
Page
1
Prairie spikes Washington in volleyball. advances to semifinals
Cedar Rapids based Prairie defeats Washington 1D and advances to the volleyball semifinals after a determined rally.
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C.R. Prairie Spikes
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Local offer labeled nice gesture by developer
A 15 acre proposal from a local developer was called a nice gesture but deemed not workable. The school board tabled the offer, delaying any further action and leaving the project uncertain.
Banker Fires Up Peers Over Customer Dissatisfaction
A leading banker vocally criticizes his fellow executives about rising customer dissatisfaction. Details, 4B.
Linn County Bridge Replacement Delayed Likely Until Summer
A wrecked Linn County bridge will likely be replaced later this summer, with officials noting the extent of damage and reconstruction work required. The timetable depends on securing funding, bidding, and contractor availability, delaying opening past earlier hoped dates.
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Linn County
Claim the full discount on out of stock sale items
Accent The Wise Consumer notes a policy urging customers to claim full discounts on items labeled out of stock. The column warns buyers to act quickly and verify sale terms, emphasizing that advertised reductions apply once inventory is exhausted.
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Accent
Voter Guide Covers Eastern Iowa Races and Issues
Your Vote ’98 presents races and issues in Eastern Iowa and state and national levels. The Gazette features a special Wednesday guide outlining candidates and dates for upcoming elections.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids brothers injured in school bus hit and run
Two Polk Elementary students Dustin 10 and Travis 7 were struck after exiting a school bus on Fifth Street NW. Police charged Larry Palmer 44 with second offense drunken driving and failing to stop and render aid. Dustin remained in fair condition. Travis was treated and released.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry Palmer
10Th St
Fifth Street
U of I study links fear to lower minority IQ scores
University of Iowa researchers led by sociology professor Michael Lovaglia tested 109 undergrads in 1996 and 1997. They told some right handers and left handers that high scorers were resented, and results showed those labeled disadvantaged scored seven points lower, regardless of handedness, suggesting punitive attitudes reduce performance.
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Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Michael Lovaglia
U of I
Lovaglia
Milosevic pulls back as NATO deadline nears in Kosovo
Milosevic withdraws hundreds of police and soldiers from Kosovo as NATO pressure mounts, deleting checkpoints and burning at least one post. Western diplomats call the move a partial retreat that offers an escape from imminent airstrikes, with estimates of 600 soldiers and over 1,000 paramilitary police involved.
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Los Angeles
Pristina
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
NATO
Kosovo
Milosevic
East Iowa woman charged in deaths of two newborns
Carrle Bowe 31, formerly of LeClaire, is charged with first degree murder in the deaths of two unidentified newborns found in the Quad Cities area. One baby, Leap Year, washed up along the Mississippi in 1992, while the LeClaire baby in 1997 was found in a backyard. Bowe faces additional counts of willful injury and child endangerment. bond set at 1 million dollars. Investigators linked Leap Year to Bowe via placenta DNA. neighbor Steve Schwenke identified as father of both babies.
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Davenport
Iowa
Quad Cities
Carrle Bowe
LeClaire
Bettendorf
Mississippi River
Moline
Ill
Bowe
April LeClaire
Carole Bowe
Scott County
Mike Bladel
Scott County Sheriff's Deputies
Steve Schwenke
Mississippi
Schwenke
U S Faces Obesity Epidemic Says Health Experts
Experts at the American Dietetic Association meeting in Kansas City warn the United States has become the fattest nation and could reach universal obesity by 2030. They cite rising rates from 43 percent in the 1960s to about 55 percent now, with obesity driving diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol issues and costing up to 100 billion dollars with indirect losses.
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Knight Ridder
Kansas City
United States
America
American Dietetic Association
Sachiko Tokunaga de St. Jeor
University of Nevada
National Institutes of Health
American Heart Association
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C.R. School Board Tables
Gazette Online
Www. GazetteOnline.com
C.R
Man
By Cindy Hadish
Boydston
Palmer
Polk
Dustin
Travis
St. Luke's Hospital
Melanie Kimbier
Gazette Intern
Lavaglia
Wilson Middle
Carrie Lundgren
Czech Village
Marsha O'Connell
East Iowan
U.S
Yale University
Kelly Brownell
McDonald's
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