13 Aug 1989
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1989
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids Iowa City special section surveys notable places events and figures in the region. It highlights venues residents and ongoing happenings shaping local culture and tourism.
Clouds mix with sun today and a chance of a thunderstorm. Partly cloudy tonight with highs around 80 to 87 and overnight lows near 58 to 64. See page 13A.
Beijing announces a policy requiring most graduates to spend one or two years in villages or factories before entering graduate school. The move aims to reassert Communist values after student unrest and curb bourgeois liberalization by exposing graduates to rural hardship and hard work.
Iowa City professor Joe Ascroft, an expert on communications in underdeveloped countries, will travel to Nepal on August 29 to develop systems that connect agriculture specialists with farmers. He aims to adapt fertilizer guidance to local practices so peasants understand and adopt new methods.
Washington officials say a classified section of the forthcoming national drug strategy would expand U S military training for local forces in Bolivia Peru and Colombia and earmark about 300 million dollars for anti drug efforts The move could triple U S spending in cocaine producing nations while stressing that the plan involves training not direct American combat operations by U S personnel
About 1,000 people attended a Saturday abortion rights rally in Iowa City with roughly 600 anti and 400 pro choice demonstrators from across the state. The event at a U of I field and Westlawn culminated peacefully with no arrests and ongoing debate shaping Iowa politics.
DERMOTT Ark residents and officials pass an ordinance to punish parents of minors out after 10 PM with warnings fines up to 500 dollars and up to 30 days jail including two days in a stockade and a newspaper photo caption Irresponsible Parent. The measure stems from frustration with the juvenile justice system and a rowdy Aug 5 council meeting.
A light humor item noting aging as temptation seems to dodge you as you grow older. The quip frames aging as an ironic opposite of youthful effort, delivering a brief laugh about changes in self restraint over time.
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