25 Aug 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1988
Page
1
The Iowa Court of Appeals upholds Bradley Yahnke’s second degree murder conviction for the 1985 Cedar Rapids shooting death. The report notes the ruling comes as Iowa legal coverage cites ongoing city issues.
A reflective editorial compares life to basketball noting that some people score points while others merely dribble. The piece uses sports imagery to explore perseverance and chance within daily ambition.
Washington officials say a huge grain pact is close, with the Soviet Union to buy millions of tons of wheat corn soybeans and soybean meal. Final details to be settled at a meeting next month likely in Moscow, with broader negotiations extending the current agreement and boosting Soviet purchases beyond 9 million metric tons.
A Soviet delegation announced plans for a trade fair in Iowa to showcase Stavropol products and explore U S market potential. Gov. Branstad and Stavropol officials signed an agreement to promote barter trade and identify goods for exchange, with dates to be set.
Olga Drahozal of the Czech Heritage Foundation tosses an egg into the first concrete batch for Cedar Rapids 16th Avenue bridge. Ed Kuba proposed the eggs tradition. The $2 million bridge will connect Czech Village with 14th Avenue SE and replaces a 78 year old span demolished earlier.
The Iowa Court of Appeals divided opinion finding that the March 1987 removal of Lanelle Thomsen’s children, conducted while she was handcuffed at home, was not justified by existing procedures. The ruling emphasizes the children’s bond with their mother and the trauma shown in videotaped cries, urging return of the children.
The EPA unveiled rules requiring nearly all municipal solid waste landfills to install groundwater monitoring, cap closed dumps, and narrow siting for new sites. Estimates vary, with one scenario pegging costs at 800 million dollars yearly, plus bottom liners and leachate collection at newer dumps. Protecting water supplies, the plan targets leaks and environmental cleanup.
Researchers conclude bulimia is rare, affecting 1 to 3 percent of college women, and not rising. Many earlier estimates used loose definitions that included non binge purge behaviors, inflating figures and triggering media alarms.
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