24 Aug 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1992
Page
1
Members of the Iowa Family Support Initiative plan a Saturday forum to assist families caring for disabled children at home. Details on page 5B.
The Mini Page invites readers to test their awareness of playground safety as school starts. It highlights the importance of being careful, with a short safety quiz aimed at children in the 3-4B reading level.
North Carolina State guard Ricky Logo serves as middle guard in the Kickoff Classic against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The text notes his status as a successor to a throne in American Samoa where men wear skirts. details are on page 1C.
New IBM devices called Personal digital assistants will be released this fall. The pocket sized computers will communicate via radio or cellular networks. Details appear on page 6C.
Jeff Smith the Frugal Gourmet defends his cooking and presence on TV amid recent scathing magazine and newspaper attacks. He says he can endure the heat and won’t abandon the kitchen.
Hurricane Andrew presses toward southern Florida after ripping Bahamas with 120 mph winds. Gov. Lawton Chiles declares a state of emergency and activates National Guard as shelters fill in Dade County. Forecasters warn of possibly Category 5 winds crossing the Gulf Stream toward Miami.
Ten bicycle patrol officers, all college students, start patrolling Iowa City streets with bike safety gear and a mission to inform the public about traffic laws. They issue warnings after violations and provide safety brochures. Each officer works about 22 hours a month with a 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. schedule seven days a week.
The text details five hurricane categories with ranges for central pressure winds and storm surge. It notes only two Category 5 storms hit the United States since records began: the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys and Hurricane Camille in 1969, causing 256 deaths and 1.4 billion dollars in damage.
Council Bluffs veterinarian Vincent Marshall argues MS is a chronic Lyme illness, claiming 30 years of MS research would be upended if proven. MS Society president Michael Dugan dismisses the theory, noting no credible support and ongoing pursuit of a cure.
Brigham Young University ethnobotanist Paul Cox saved a tropical forest on a Western Samoan island and found trees containing prostratin, a compound that blocked HIV-1 in human cells in vitro and may also inhibit tumor growth. NCI researchers caution the drug would take years to reach human testing.
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