PMX Opens Cedar Rapids Plant From Poongsan in IA
PMX Industries, a Poongsan Corp subsidiary, opened a Cedar Rapids brass plant at 5300 Willow Creek Dr SW. The facility, built with 60 plus contractors, employs about 170 now and aims for 500 to 700 at full capacity in two years. It ships brass sheet and strip to electrical and automotive customers with strong environmental compliance. Barbara Bush received a wooden jewelry case from Ryu as a gift.
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Poongsan Corp
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First Lady Barbara Bush Visits Prairie View School
Barbara Bush charms Prairie View Elementary students during a planting at PMX Industries. She autographs Chelsea Belden’s copy of her biography and interacts with Chan Ryu, who signs in Korean, while Gov. Branstad and PMX officials note the visit’s tie to trade and international ties.
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Swisher
PMX
Chan U Ryu
Terry Branstad
Terrace Hill
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Bush
Ryu
Korea
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Prairie View pupils join Barbara Bush visit on day off
Prairie View Elementary students who helped plant a C tree at PMX grounds during Barbara Bush’s visit learned of their role on a day off from school. Principal Marilyn Miller chose five environmental students from each grade to attend with gloves and a trowel as Bush and PMX leaders signed a library book.
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College Community School
All the blackballed by Jeff Burnham
Cedar Rapids police officer Dennis Brant fears impact on promotion after accusing rookie Joseph Schmitz of stealing a brownie during graveyard shift. Brant delayed reporting for three weeks triggering scrutiny and questions over motives while Schmitz earned a one day suspension and Brant received a verbal reprimand for failing to report promptly.
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Clergyman Arrested as Buffalo Protests Begin
Rev. Robert Schenck was arrested for disorderly conduct after displaying a 19 week fetus to abortion rights activists as Operation Rescue began efforts to close four Buffalo clinics. Police confiscated the fetus to determine burial or disposal as investigators weigh the abortion debate amid ongoing demonstrations.
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Robert Schenck
Angelo Alessandra
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Smokers Linked to Higher Risk of Low Birth Weight Babies
A government report shows pregnant smokers face nearly double the odds of delivering low birth weight infants versus nonsmokers. One in five women smoked during pregnancy in 1989, the first year this data was collected, and the infant mortality rate for 1991 was 8.9 per 1000 live births, down from 9.1 in 1990.
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National Center For Health Statistics
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Louis Sullivan
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Russian Serial Killer Blames Communism For Killings
Andrei Chikatilo testifies in Rostov claiming a miserable life under communism pushed him to kill. The former professor, 56, describes his harsh travels and rude bosses as factors in his alleged crimes. He admits to sex with at least one corpse and faces possible death by firing squad.
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