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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 2000
Page
2
Mike Deupree notes Halloween evolved from a simple trick or treat night to a heavily organized, commercial event. He contrasts past pranks like toppled outhouses with modern safety concerns, including driving risks and animal torment, urging readers to look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas while quietly addressing social security and farm worries.
In a final week push on Democratic turf Gore campaigns in Michigan and Wisconsin while Bush tours New Mexico and California. Gore retools ads shifting funds to Illinois and Minnesota as Florida focus intensifies with a potential late bid to win without its electoral votes.
In a sweeping tax evasion probe, the IRS was granted access to thousands of MasterCard and American Express accounts held by U.S. taxpayers in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Antigua and Barbuda for 1998 and 1999. Judge Adalberto Jordan allowed summonses to review purchases to detect living beyond reported means. MasterCard and American Express cited record-keeping limits and ongoing cooperation. Offshore accounts are legal with proper IRS forms and tax compliance.
The Gazette emphasizes environmental awareness by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle at City Carton in Cedar Rapids, sharing postal and contact details for subscriptions and delivery rates. The notice lists locations, prices, and postal addresses, under Gazette Communications, Inc.
The Gazette corrects an Oct 27 story to note Mike Murphy a Democratic candidate for Washington County Board of Supervisors serves as a substitute teacher in the Highland school district. The paper invites complaints about accuracy and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space, with contact at 398 8313.
A fragmented OCR fragment lists numerous local businesses and services including Fox A&W, cardiologists Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Carmike Cinemas, various law firms, a Citizens for Common Sense group, and a range of retail and professional names such as Colony Carpet, El Rancho Mexican Restaurant, Foot and Ankle Specialists, Hawkeye Heating and Air, Herteen and Stocker Jewelers, and Iowa Health Physicians. The text appears to be an index or directory snippet with partial names and misread characters.
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