02 Apr 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1991
Page
1
Coe College and Iowa State University join two other universities in a $180000 grant allocation as part of a $1 billion physics research program on subatomic particles. Page 6B contains full details.
The new phone book delivery prompts readers to recycle but recyclers warn many issues make throwing them away preferable. Details on page 2A.
About 2300 free tickets for former President Jimmy Carter's April 26 lecture at Hancher Auditorium were claimed in under five hours. The event funds the Guy and Maude Alchon Memorial Forum with a Q A session following. Tickets for reserved seating sold out quickly to students and community members alike.
A Los Angeles official notes that every major white-collar criminal prosecuted locally in the past two years drove a Rolls-Royce. The chief assistant U.S. attorney cites Rolls as the preferred car for these suspects. Details on page 9D.
The Diamond Lady, The President, and the Dubuque Casino Belle began riverboat gambling on the Mississippi River amid opening ceremonies and crowds. Gov. Terry Branstad predicted millions in economic impact as casinos allow small bets and limited losses per cruise.
Onlookers gasp at the size of the Dubuque Casino Belle as crowds gather on local docks in Bettendorf and Davenport. A legislative leader signals possible future increases to wagering limits discussed on page 3B.
Denise Piper from Center Point will join Red Cross volunteers in Kuwait City to aid 380 disabled children and elderly at the Institute for the Handicapped. The team arrives after extensive staff losses during the liberation, leaving only 24 Kuwaiti nurses.
A University of Poster study of 34 men and 35 women aged 18 to 80, using MRI, shows the left brain hemisphere atrophies more in men, possibly due to female sex hormones protecting against aging. Findings published in PNAS.
A Des Moines AP report outlines an Iowa study of long term welfare recipients showing over half abused as children or from alcoholic homes and more than a third lacking work experience. Bruner of the Children and Family Policy Center calls for policy changes beyond job training to assist stressed families.
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