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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1997
Page
3
In Miami Beach a postal clerk left his counter to fetch a gun from his car and shot his ex wife and her friend while they waited in line. He then killed himself outside. The clerk had been a longtime counter worker at the post office.
The National Transportation Safety Board reports 44,525 people killed in 1996 transportation accidents, up from 44,437 in 1995. Roads remain the deadliest with 41,907 fatalities, while marine deaths decline to 769 and recreational boating drops from 832 to 714.
The Education Department halted new applications to refinance student loans due to a large backlog. Republicans said tens of thousands of borrowers are affected as the department struggles with the direct loan program and delays in processing. Former borrowers with guaranteed loans may still refinance but cannot consolidate into direct loans until the backlog clears.
AP reports in Pediatrics that only 1 percent of U S youths ages 2 to 19 meet all federal nutrition guidelines. A nationwide USDA survey shows 16 percent fail to meet any guidelines, while 30 percent meet fruit, grain, meat and dairy targets and 36 percent reach vegetable recommendations.
Senate debate centers on restoring full funding for a 34 million dollar federal program to curb over the counter tobacco sales to minors. Sen. Tom Harkin says the effort aims to enforce 18 as the legal purchase age and require retailer ID checks while offsetting funds from a USDA IT program to win votes.
In Denver, eighty pastors demanded Rev. Henry Lyons resign or be ousted over alleged mismanagement of church funds. They called the timing of the earlier vote an effort to bypass membership and warned they would withhold funds and release documents if Lyons remains. Lyons faced scrutiny over use of church money for real estate, cars, and jewelry for a female aide.
Madeleine Albright privately toured Theresienstadt near Prague to honor her grandparents who perished in the Holocaust. CTK cited unnamed officials. no reporters accompanied her. She later visited Kostelec and Letohrad, hometowns linked to her family history.
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