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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1996
Page
3
Fishkill mayor George Carter refused to change the Hudson Valley village name despite a request from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to rename it Fishsave. The name dates to the late 1600s and traces to Dutch settlers.
Governor Beasley evacuated 4.5 million residents and activated the National Guard as Hurricane Fran steered toward the coast near Charleston with 115 mph winds. Residents stockpiled supplies while gas stations queued with cars and plywood flew off shelves as preparations intensified.
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope report a galaxy being built from 18 star clusters packed in a region 2 million light years across, about 11 billion light years away. The finding suggests early galaxies grew via collisions to become present-day giants. Windsor Windhorst notes ongoing observations.
A major review finds a 30 year move away from high fat foods across incomes with poorer blacks improving and affluent whites showing notable gains. The study notes that by 1991 about one in five in both poor and wealthy whites and a quarter of poor blacks reached a healthier diet, while overall fat intake declined about 5 percent since the 1960s.
John Hinckley requests monthly unescorted visits with his parents off hospital grounds as his attorney argues he has recovered his sanity and is not a threat, while stopping short of unconditional release from St. Elizabeths in Washington.
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