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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1988
Page
20
New parents cautioned about paying for a Social Security card for a baby. Some services collect a fee and submit the SSA form on your behalf. Instead request an application from your local Social Security office, fill it out, attach the birth certificate copy and a school record, and submit in person or by mail.
Gov. Mario Cuomo signed a consumer safety law prohibiting shared cosmetics in stores. Effective Jan 1 1990 the law requires firms to provide individual samples rather than shared testers, focusing on eye and lip products and aiming to prevent conjunctivitis and herpes.
A Commerce Department study says franchising will lead business in the 1990s and Japan becomes a major market. Japan's economy, surpluses, strong yen, and high savings boost American firms selling franchises to Japanese investors. Fast food and convenience stores top demand, though many sectors can succeed. Link Consulting notes 50 franchised industries in Japan versus about 170 in the United States.
University of Rochester nurse Audrey Braunschweig warns overweight teens snack during TV time out of habit, not hunger. She advises choosing fruit or unsalted popcorn between meals and exercising after hunger is satisfied to prevent overeating.
Tick bites can bring on Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever with chills headache and muscle aches. Wear protective clothing outdoors keep pants and shirt tucked in and buttons fastened. Check yourself family members and pets for ticks several times daily in infested areas.
Execucom Systems Corp reports executives solve problems faster by using new technology that displays essential company information instantly on a desktop TV. The software blends charts and graphs with analytical AI to explain causes of business trends and variances.
The article notes that many animals living in the Americas are imports including the wild donkey. Once brought from North Africa as pack animals for miners during the Wild West era, donkeys were freed when the mining boom ended, becoming part of the southwestern landscape.
George C. Ford profiles Gene Gabbard who built SouthernNet from a startup to a major long distance carrier with a fiber optic strategy. The piece notes his background in satellite gear, 33 acquisitions, $8.7 million revenue, and plans to merge with Teleconnect under a new holding company.
This week features Fed and Commerce Department releases: June industrial output and July factory capacity use, August auto sales by domestic makers, June merchandise trade deficit, July new single family housing starts, 1987 per capita personal income by state, and July federal budget deficit. Reports target Monday through Friday with multiple sessions.
The week's slate includes the Insurance Women of Cedar Rapids at Ox Yoke Inn with Shirley Goslin CPIW, the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors breakfast at Longbranch Supper Club featuring Mary Heitt on elderly housing, and Women Unlimited at Bonanza Restaurant with Charlotte Johnson on Medicare supplements. Also A N Palmer Chapter hosts a 6 p.m. picnic in Bever Park with Virginia Peters CPS reporting on the Kansas City convention, plus Cedar Rapids Executives Association breakfast with Don Bowman on Shrine Hospitals. National money rates list prime at 10.00 and discount at 6.50 with treasury and bond ranges through August 8.
Wabash transformer Inc plans a Monticello facility with 55 new employees. The project seeks a $50,000 state loan for employee training via Kirkwood Community College, which approved the proposal pending final state Department of Economic Development approval. Existing plant space will be used. Wabash already operates plants in Tipton Guttenberg and Sterling Illinois.
July cooling bills hit 4.3 billion dollars, 255 million above normal. Average household spent 104 dollars for the month, six more than usual, with regional variations shown across ten U S regions from West South Central to Pacific and New England.
Black Machine of Vinton plans to hire 27 new workers over three years to expand its agricultural equipment plant. The company seeks an $18,000 state loan for employee training under a Kirkwood Community College program. Final state approval rests with the Department of Economic Development.
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