21 Apr 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1988
Page
1
Highlights include the Giants defeating the Reds 5 to 3 as part of the scoreboard roundup. Other briefs note bids opened for two former Cedar Rapids fire stations and ongoing local stories on burglaries, aging students, and city designations.
A light joke compares daily life to a bike race with the humor centered on an Exercycle. It playfully imagines slipping into a gym device as a humorous twist on everyday effort. The tone is playful and common in light newspaper humor sections.
Willie Brown suggests Jesse Jackson as Michael Dukakis running mate if Jackson falls short in the Democratic race. Austin says Dukakis may consider Jackson but no agreement exists. Dukakis won New York delegates while Jackson trails ahead of a broader party debate.
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that the Veterans Administration may view alcoholism as willful misconduct when denying extended education benefits to two veterans who left service disabled by drinking. The decision does not settle whether alcoholism is a disease.
President Reagan signed an order to avert a United Transportation Union strike on the Chicago and North Western railway. The move preserves grain and coal shipments and Chicago passenger service by delaying a work stoppage and setting up a 60 day bargaining period with an emergency board.
The United States Trustees Office has seized control of about 60 bankruptcy cases previously managed by Cedar Rapids attorney R. Fred Dumbaugh. Judges Michael Melloy and William Edmonds ordered the removal. U.S. Trustee Wes Huisinga now investigates and frozen accounts await court orders. The action targets long-standing trustee duties dating back to 1980, with Dumbaugh previously praised as a top bankruptcy lawyer.
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