07 Dec 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1988
Page
1
Four youths accused of threatening and chasing 14 year old Brian McMurrin before his fatal vehicle crash near 1380 have been placed on probation by a Linn County District Court judge.
A light humorous line notes that children are either a lump in the throat or a pain in the neck, playful exaggeration of parental frustration. The quip frames kids as constant but endearing sources of everyday bother and affection.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety asked Gov Branstad for 2.04 million more to double the Narcotics Division from 16 to 33 agents and add eight staff. The unit would create up to eight new field offices as cocaine seizures rise, with deaths linked to cocaine use noted by the medical examiner.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in New York for a three day visit as U S officials eyed a possible grand gesture from Moscow to reduce troop strength in Eastern Europe. He planned luncheon talks with President Reagan and President elect Bush to expand cooperation and discuss current world concerns.
Atlantis returns from a four day nine hour radar satellite mission and touches down at 5:35 p.m. CST on Rogers Dry Lake. Navy Cmdr. Robert Gibson pilots the 97 ton shuttle after a four day flight watched by spectators and networks. A left gear tire leak is deemed not a concern.
Mayor David Nelson says Christmas gifts cannot be bad, citing love and joy as guiding ideals. Don Schuettpelz recalls a gift six years ago that briefly caused wonder, while Nelson defends all received presents as appreciated.
President elect George Bush selected Robert Mosbacher as commerce secretary and Carla Hills as trade representative. He kept William Webster as CIA director and named Thomas Pickering as U N ambassador with no cabinet status. Stanford economist Michael Boskin was named chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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