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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1987
Page
4
City offers up to 8000 in matching funds to attract the factory while plans for condom vending machines remain under discussion. Other items note former Gov Robert Ray being considered for USAID headship and a slaying case update.
A light humor snippet contrasts wanting to know where things stand with the demand to know where they sit when objects grow very large. The quip plays on measurement language to spark a smile.
A third U S Marine, Sgt John Joseph Werrick age 26 of Eureka California, was arrested on espionage suspicion and held at Camp Pendleton California. He worked as a security guard in Leningrad then Moscow during 1961 and 1982 amid a wider spy scandal.
Iowa House leaders abandon a Senate proposed one cent sales tax increase. Speaker Donald Avenson says the House tax plan will not include any sales tax hike, focusing instead on income tax reform aligned with federal changes. The measure aims to raise annual revenue from 145 million to 170 million through income tax changes.
A camel in a West German city center bit a punk’s green spiked hairstyle during a circus act. The youth suffered a painful cut while the camel spat out the hair after realizing its mistake. Police reported no lasting injuries.
An explosion wrecked a South Bronx grocery and a nearby brick tenement killing six people and injuring at least 28. A survivor trapped for hours was freed after rescuers dug through debris. a gas leak was reported minutes before the blast and a man at Roselle, New Jersey was identified among the trapped.
FBI Director William Webster told Senate hearings he ordered an FBI memo on withholding classified information from Oliver North a month before the Iran contra inquiry. He said he did not recall reading the memo and disputed its emphasis on potential illegal activity. Meese faced criticism for delaying the FBI role.
A pipeline terminal fire near Iowa City may burn for 10 to 12 more days. The vapor leak from a damaged valve has lessened as pressure drops from a cavern 70 feet underground, though officials say no further attempts to stop the leak are planned. The fire began Saturday at 4:45 p.m. and has diminished from 100 feet to about 35 feet flames.
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