Yale inauguration marred by anti apartheid protest
About 200 demonstrators confronted Yale University's 20th president Benno Schmidt during his inauguration as police cleared the road. Dozens of banners and miniature coffins highlighted opposition to Yale's 400 million in South African investments. Three people were arrested.
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Ivy League School
Benno C. Schmidt Jr
Sterling Memorial Library
Woolsey Hall
Cross Campus
Yale Black Student Alliance
Schmidt
Columbia University Law School
Yale
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Wind-blown semi blocks I-80. rains lash Iowa
A westbound semi trailer toppled by 40 to 60 mph winds near Grinnell, closing I-80 for about four hours. Minimal truck damage reported. Grinnell rain 2 to 4 inches. Montezuma measured 3 inches. Power outages affected Kinross and other towns as storms drifted across Iowa and beyond.
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Hoffman Transfer
Des Moines
Grinnell
Montezuma
Iowa
Hamilton
Hardin
Story
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Kinross
Keokuk County
Marengo
Anamosa
Covington
Iowa City
Pella
Hartford
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Brawl at Cedar Rapids grocery ends with arrests
A store confrontation during a Friday shoplifting incident at Village Market led to an arm biting melee involving three employees and two customers. Employee Joel Zimmerman was treated for bite wounds. Edward Bowler and Tina Boots face first degree robbery and drug paraphernalia charges. Bowler also faces marijuana possession.
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Cedar Rapids
Joel Zimmerman
Village Market
Mount Vernon Rd
Edward Bowler
Tina Boots
Otis Rd
Bowler
Zimmerman
Prob
Ruan seeks to restore deleted 17 million tax exemption
The congressional panel dropped the 17 million investment tax credit for Ruan Trucking of Des Moines while Cedar Rapids firm Teleconnect appeared set for a 1 million credit. Iowa jobs could fall by 1,000 if the measure stands, and Senate actions sparked lobbying by Ryder System against the Ryan exemption.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Larry Miller
Ruan Transportation Management Systems
Iowa
Ruan Company
Ruan
U.S. Senate
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FDL Foods
Dubuque
Charles Grassley
Ryan
John Ryan
Ryder System Inc
Bev Hubble
Grassley
Ryder Trucking Company
Ryan Company
Washington
Iawa
Hubble
Ryder
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
Bob Packwood
R-Ove
Kazimour
RFK Transportation
the Gazette
Herald Smith
Cast Inc
Smith
Cedar Rapids men charged in cocaine distribution case
Police seized an undetermined amount of cocaine and $8,598 cash during searches at two Cedar Rapids residences. John Boutson, 28, and Phil Lemley, 38, were charged with multiple counts of delivery of cocaine and related offenses. Court records show Routson released on bond while Lemley remained in jail.
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Cedar Rapids
John Boutson
A Ave. NW
Phil Lemley
First St
Routson
Lemley
Paul J. Meyer
Linn
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