11 Dec 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1988
Page
1
The brief sports score note records a contest where UNI finished with 91 and 94 on one side while TAy Jackson St. scored 77. Specific teams, locations, or dates are not provided, but the numbers indicate a final tally across two related results.
Cloudy and cold today and tonight with highs near 12 to 28 degrees and lows from 4 to 14. Temperatures are expected to moderate on Monday. See page 11A.
Iowa firms face tough export controls under the Arms Export Control Act. State Department approval is required for any technology transfer or sale abroad. Kwik-Way Manufacturing of Marion and suppliers of magnetic tape drives illustrate how civilian tech can have military applications and how licenses can snag otherwise normal deals.
President Mikhail Gorbachev consoles survivors and pledges full help as Armenia reels from a Wednesday earthquake that killed thousands and left half a million homeless. Rescue workers search rubble amid helicopters, relief convoys, and reports of a war zone like scene in Spitak and Leninakan.
A woman in a coma for over five months gave birth to an 8 lb 4.5 oz boy via induced labor and Caesarean section at University Hospital. Barbara Blodgett, 24, of Yakima, delivered the baby after five hours of labor. Her husband David Blodgett, who survived the crash, attended the birth as doctors noted the mother’s guarded brain stem injury prognosis.
The Energy Department recommends a $50 billion, 20 year plan to relocate two plants, add four small reactors at Idaho National Laboratory, build a large Savannah River reactor, close a Ohio foundry and a Denver plutonium plant, and move plutonium work from Florida and California. The 2010 Report goes to Congress amid funding disputes.
An Iowa case describes Dyann E. Roby posing as a Atalissa postmaster to handle Santa letters since 1979. She stamps replies with a North Pole branch postmark, matches Santa’s handwriting, and processes requests from Atalissa children including Kristy’s wish for Barbie, a sweater, and a TV.
A quirky study explores the social grace of yawning without an open mouth. Researchers examine etiquette, perception, and subtle cues in everyday interactions.
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