19 Aug 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1988
Page
1
Shortage of funds closes the HACAP Evening Meals Program tonight leaving hungry and homeless diners to seek other options. The report notes other local items on pools, carpetlayers, and a Cedar Rapids softball victory at the International Softball Congress event.
Cartoon caption jokes that investors confuse carving out achievement with chiseling it. The line playfully contrasts patience and persistence with crude effort in financial circles.
Vice President Bush accepts the Republican nomination amid heavy scrutiny of Sen. Dan Quayle Indiana for joining the National Guard in 1969. Quayle defends his service while delegates show strong support at the convention in New Orleans.
Robertson defends Dan Quayle amid Vietnam era National Guard allegations and recalls his own service in Korea. He says the National Guard and Army Reserve are honorable, while criticizing perceived preferential treatment in the Marine Corps during the Korean War.
Emergency workers freed LeRoy Cooper 31 after a car he was repairing fell on him at his Cedar Rapids residence. A passerby woman used a jack, firefighters used inflatable lifting balloons, and Cooper was transported to St Luke's Hospital in fair condition.
In Islamabad the Pakistani air force chief says mechanical failure is ruled out in the Bahawalpur C 130 crash that killed President Zia ul-Haq and US Ambassador Raphel along with ten generals. He cites strong suspicion of sabotage or bombing but stops short of naming suspects.
A redesigned Morton Thiokol booster passed a 122 second horizontal test in Brigham City Utah marking a key redundancy verification before NASA resumes manned flights. Engineers praised the result as observers cheered while work continues to fix a fuel leak on Discovery and set a launch window for late September or early October.
The Iowa State Board of Education approved Northeast Iowa Technical Institute’s transition to community college status, effective immediately. The Calmar and Peosta campuses can now offer an Associate of Science Career Option degree to facilitate credit transfers to four year colleges, while the Associate of Arts degree remains on hold pending a state higher education study due in two to three years.
Students pushed Northeast Iowa Technical Institute to seek community college status after transfer credit problems. With approval, NITI becomes a community college and Calmar and Peosta campuses open the first year of a three year plan to expand general education offerings.
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