27 Aug 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1991
Page
1
P T Larson, twice unsuccessful candidate for the Cedar Rapids finance commissioner job, is the first to file nomination papers. Floyd Bergen of the Planning and Redevelopment Department will decide Wednesday whether to run. Details on page 1B.
The former operator of Hawkeye Refrigerated Services Corp. has filed personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy listing debts worth more than $8.2 million. Details appear on page 1B.
Auto buyers returning to the market may face higher prices as automakers launch a new car blitz this week. Details on page 5D.
Bret Saberhagen pitched a no hitter guiding Kansas City to a 7-0 win over Chicago. The Royals dominated at the plate as the game remained scoreless until late innings.
After five years and 10 million dollars in development, Bic unveils a child guard butane lighter. The safety latch must be moved aside and up to ignite, then auto locks. The mechanism resets after each use. In 1988 children at play with lighters caused over 7,000 house fires, 990 injuries, 186 deaths, and 65 million dollars in damage.
A playful line notes that history teaches repeating the same errors but with a sense of tradition. It comments on how habits persist, wrapped in a wry, tongue in cheek tone.
An internal University of Iowa report finds poor cooperation between the College of Medicine and University Hospitals and Clinics. It blames unequal reporting lines and lack of a formal charter, warning that friction undermines long term planning ahead of dean recruitment visits.
Iowa Blue Cross Blue Shield plans to use a network of out-of-state transplant centers to lower costs and improve results. The insurer has chosen 25 heart centers 21 liver and 30 bone marrow facilities with Iowa City and Des Moines hospitals not among designated centers. Some employers may require travel for patients under the 80 20 plan as savings come from higher volume and lower contracted charges.
In Moscow President Mikhail Gorbachev proposed national elections to save his government but leaders of the Soviet republics rejected the move saying central power has ended. Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian said the center is dead as he addressed the Supreme Soviet. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev backed away from the union concept.
The first foreign diplomat accredited to the Baltics in decades arrived in Latvia as nations move to recognize Latvia Lithuania and Estonia. Denmark's Otto Borch greeted by crowds while Bush administration weighs quick recognition and borders. Senators urge prompt action amid Gorbachev era tensions and Soviet crackdowns.
Gorbachev addressed the legislature promising new elections six months after the Union Treaty and urged republics to choose independently while allowing secession negotiations for those that wish. Lithuania, Uzbekistan move to assert independence as Moldavia and Armenia set votes and declarations. Kruchina, a senior Communist official, died by suicide in his seventh-floor apartment, the KGB said.
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