Legislature Watch Tightens As Week End Near
Lawmakers push to resolve a long agenda and adjourn by week’s end as the session enters its final stretch. Details on page 4B.
20 Apr 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1992
Page
1
Lawmakers push to resolve a long agenda and adjourn by week’s end as the session enters its final stretch. Details on page 4B.
Independent candidate Mel Boring from Rockford seeks to challenge Senator Charles Grassley in Iowa. He positions himself as a challenger focused on direct outreach to voters as he pursues the Senate seat.
Investors dedicated over 600 million dollars to firms mindful of the environment as part of a growing socially aware funding trend. Details appear on page 6C.
Bobby Douglas, former Arizona State wrestling coach, reportedly flies to Iowa to accept Jim Gibbons' job at Iowa State. Details on page 10.
A lighthearted quip notes that parental experience often comes only after children leave home leaving parents effectively unemployed and idle.
Andy McEncree co-owner and chef at Linn Street Cafe Iowa City began in his grandfather's Colorado restaurant. He cooked mashed potatoes as his first dish and now runs a local eatery featured in Food Plus in Tuesday's Gazette.
The 1991 violent crime total reached 2.6 million completed offenses, up 7.9 percent from 1990 with rapes and attempted rapes rising 59 percent to about 207,610. The report notes many crimes go unreported and that figures are estimates from a 95,000-person survey, not an exact count.
Rebels seized more territory as 10 groups met in Peshawar to form an interim council and negotiate with the Kabul regime remnants. Masood aims to form an Islamic government while Hekmatyar rejects the plan and threatens Kabul, with Najibullah in hiding and Kabul encircled by Masood’s forces.
Environmental groups mobilize youths to save the Earth through lights off campaigns, bike rides, recycling pleas, tree planting, and stream cleanups. They criticize President Bush, gain corporate support, and distribute mass newsletters as they form Kids for Saving Earth and similar groups after Earth Day’s 1990 push.
Cattle rancher Fred Grant at Windabrae Farm in Reenwich Conn markets Brae Beef as organic additive free and tender meat. He fed steers turnips dandelions garlic and Budweiser to achieve two to three and a half percent fat levels versus ten percent in supermarket leanest grades. Prices run 395 per pound burger 895 flank and 48 tenderloin.
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