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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1990
Page
1
Coaches object to the so called Riddell Rule highlighted on page three of the Sports Plus section. The rule change affects equipment decisions and may influence in game strategy and player safety debates.
Brief note reports Hoover ball championships in Wertant Sievings with ceremonies celebrating the 116th anniversary of President Herbert Hoover.
Western Australia Health Department confirms subsidies to fewer than five HIV positive sex workers to abstain from sex work. Payments cited up to eighty dollars weekly, with officials denying newspaper claims of two hundred forty dollars.
Smokey II also known as Little Smokey, the U S forest fire prevention mascot, died at the National Zoo from liver cancer at age 20. Veterinarians said the black bear began shaking and losing balance before collapse. the original Smokey Bear lived to 26.
The Gazette highlights commitment to sustainability by printing with soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers in collection boxes at City Carton on Sixth Street and at Econo Foods on 51st Street Northeast.
The fragmentary item presents a humor column snippet with unclear context and no identifiable people or organizations to chart a clear event or outcome. It resembles a light gag line or filler note rather than a full report.
The United States plans an interdiction to stop any ship carrying goods to or from Iraq and Kuwait after a plea from Kuwait’s exiled emir Sheik Jaber al-Sabah. The White House rejects Saddam Hussein’s terms for withdrawal tied to Israel and Saudi allies.
Defense analysts estimate monthly costs of sending forces to Saudi Arabia at 300 to 440 million dollars with fuel bills rising due to the Middle East crisis. Analysts note uncertain troop levels, duration, and ongoing salaries, supplies, and maintenance complicate precise figures.
Suzan Ireland promotes Lefthander Magazine and Lefthanders International as manufacturers adopt left handed items. New products include a left handed 35mm camera the Yashica Samurai Z-L a watch with crown on the left and Zelco Dou ble Plus calculator. Ireland notes 10 to 15 percent of the population is left handed and a 15th International Lefthanders Day is celebrated.
A study with 198 criminal justice students found that dishonest answers took about 0.60 seconds longer than truthful ones on a true false test used to simulate security job screening. Participants first answered normally then answered honestly, with longer lateral hesitation indicating potential deception.
Cedar Rapids native Sherrie Fletcher a Mount Mercy College graduate is among 15 federal archivists processing the vast Reagan papers for the upcoming presidential library in Simi Valley California. Fletcher 33 says the work is ongoing and the first batch may be open to the public in 1992 with the library dedication planned for February that year.
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