Two Cedar Rapids Red Cross Volunteers Head to Texas for Hurricane Relief
Melvin McCrea and Pat Chavez depart Cedar Rapids with an emergency response vehicle for San Antonio staging. They will join volunteers from across the country to assist mass feeding and shelter operations in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Gilbert, with trips likely lasting weeks to months.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Texas
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Pat Chavez
San Antonio
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Grant Wood
American Red Cross
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McCrea
FMC
Rockwell-Collins
Hildebrandt
Waterloo
Gilbert Storm Devastates Cancun With Evacuations
Thousands flee as Hurricane Gilbert nears the Yucatan coast. Forecasters warn of catastrophic damage as beaches and hotel zones suffer. Looting reported in Cancun while stacks of refugees seek shelter at City Hall. Winds reach 179 mph sustained with gusts beyond 218 mph.
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United States
Bob Sheets
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Cancun
Gilbert
Alfredo Moro Sanchez
Quintana Roo
Cancun City Hall
Sheila Fournier
Long Island
Pete
Villas Playa Hotel
Yucatan
Merida
Florida
Brownsville
Texas
Mexican National Weather Service
Gilbert storms set record eye pressure in Western Hemisphere
Meteorologists cite air pressure in a hurricane eye as the best strength gauge. Tuesday night measurements from the National Hurricane Center and Air Force show Gilbert’s eye pressure at 26.13 inches, the lowest ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, with Typhoon Tip’s 25.69 inches noted as the global record.
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Tip
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Pacific
Attorneys discuss abortion case and custody timing
The acting director said the office has authority to counsel women like Miller and Williams. Sullivan explained the nine day window before custody issues can be raised after birth, extending Iowa's 72 hour release rule to 120 hours. He praised both sides for prioritizing the child and adoption prospects.
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Gerald Sullivan
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Iowa
Import drop signals potential shift in US shopping patterns
Analysts see the July decline in imports to 35.99 billion as a sign of improved American buying. Some economists caution it's early to call a trend, noting imports fell from a June record of 39.50 billion while others call the move a hopeful shift.
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Jay Goldinger
Capital Insight
Los Angeles
Greenpeace activists block Monsanto discharge pipe protest
Four Greenpeace members were arrested at the Muscatine Monsanto herbicide plant for obstructing justice and blocking traffic as they blocked the river discharge pipe with a steel plate and concrete. The action aimed at zero discharges and followed a river protest in St Paul. Bonds ranged from 115 to 345 dollars. all were released.
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Donna Lee Olson
Muscatine
Mississippi
Iowa
Muscatine Monsanto
Greenpeace
R.G. Orr
Muscatine County
St. Paul
Monsanto
Beluga
Tony Corley
Corley
Greenpeace Action
Ben Gordon
Midwest Toxics
Gordon
Mississippi River
St. Louis
New Orleans
Karen Hanlon
New York
Renee Gagnon
Chicago
Jim Falveny
Minn
Anne Leonard
Mice receive human immune cells in Stanford study
Stanford researchers led by Mike McCune and Irving Weissman kept eight month old mice alive after injecting peripheral blood leukocytes from human immune systems. They used liver thymus and lymph cells from aborted fetuses to build human immune components in mice. The effort aims to advance AIDS research, described as a major accomplishment by Science editor Daniel Koshland Jr.
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Mike McCune
Irving Weissman
Stanford University
Daniel Koshland Jr
Science
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