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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1994
Page
1
The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission filed its first report since 1989, ending a four year gap. Details appeared on page 1B.
Iowa City star Tim Dwight will close his prep career this weekend at the Drake Relays. The Little Hawks standout has delivered a string of breath taking performances during his high school days. Details on page 10.
Telegroup Inc of Fairfield secured international certification from the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday overcoming objections raised by AT&T. Details appear on page 6C.
Outdoor editor Orlan Love profiles professional angler Al Lindner as a kindred spirit in fishing insight and trade secrets. Details on page 5C.
A Chicago Post Office official is under review for spending 200000 on remodeling her office adding a bathroom and kitchen. The agency plans a move to a 241 million facility nearby and a spokesman criticised the judgment shown.
The piece previews the TV program Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All on CBS, noting a mix of rollicking and sad elements as it explores long term effects on families. TV Vision in Saturday's Gazette mentions the specials.
Private citizens pledged up to 10 000 each to guarantee a 150 000 bank loan for promoting slot machines at Waterloo Greyhound Park. If voters approve slots and NCC clears bankruptcy, guarantors collect their pledges. if the May referendum fails, they must pay the amount pledged. Six guarantors are NCC directors. most have claims in NCC bankruptcy. Bank says guarantees enable the loan based on guarantors' financial worth.
Negotiators for the Teamsters and 22 trucking companies reached a tentative four year agreement likely to end a nationwide strike that began April 6. Wages rise 1.30 dollars per hour and benefits 1.90 dollars per hour, with job security a key issue and local review to follow.
Aldrich Ames described financial troubles as a key motive for spying for the Soviet Union and said money and personal factors sustained his nine year treason until his February arrest. In a 90 minute Alexandria jail interview he claimed a long developed mentality fueled the crime that caused deaths.
Senator Tom Harkin asks the Centers for Disease Control to survey Persian Gulf War veterans in Iowa to estimate Gulf War Syndrome cases. He cites illnesses among veterans and birth defects in their children, noting a federal committee already studies the condition.
The Commerce Department reports Iowa 0.2 percent per capita income growth in 1993, well below the national 3.5 percent. Five Midwest states including North Dakota Missouri South Dakota and Minnesota saw farm income declines due to flood damage and uninsured losses.
A fragment quotes a speaker warning that pushing others harshly could backfire on them, saying the speaker feels exposed to the same danger they impose on others. The line hints at personal reckoning amid a tense dispute.
Aldrich Ames and his wife Maria del Rosario Casas Ames pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and tax fraud. He received life in prison with no parole. Rosario’s sentencing was delayed to August with possible release in five years if he cooperates. The couple seek to reunite with their 5-year-old son Paul in Colombia while Ames described compartmentalizing loyalties and thoughts.
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