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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1987
Page
7
Veteran actor Fred MacMurray, 79, has been discharged from St. John’s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica after a week’s stay for an unspecified throat ailment. He entered the hospital on November 19 and is best known for his role as the father in My Three Sons.
Retired House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. remains in excellent condition two weeks after bowel cancer surgery. Surgeons report most of his prostate removed, the tissue benign, with tests pending to confirm initial diagnosis. Dr. Jerome P. Richie says the speaker is doing beautifully.
Carrie Hamilton daughter of Carol Burnett and Joe Hamilton says she played Scrabble with her mother on Maui while getting sober from a drug habit. She was in Honolulu for the Tokyo Pop premiere where she stars. At 23 she says she used almost every drug from age 13 and quit six years later to do something in her life.
Gov. Terry Branstad said the Iowa Board of Regents 8.5 percent minority enrollment target for three state universities may be unattainable given current statewide minority totals around four to four and a half percent. He supports affirmative action goals but urges realistic, achievable targets and left rollback decisions to the board.
Iowa economists warn 1988 growth will be slower than 1987 with personal income up about 4.28 percent and employment rising 2.58 percent this year. They predict a modest downturn next year, driven by consumer psychology and a weaker dollar raising exports. Housing should rise while farm income declines.
The Iowa Historical Museum Foundation achieves its 10.4 million dollar fundraising target for a new 25.4 million dollar building west of the Capitol. Donations came from 3,300 individuals including students, with 60 percent from corporations and foundations and 10 percent from out of state donors. The project will be dedicated starting December 11 with private funds dominating financing.
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