22 Dec 1987
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1987
Page
1
Nearly 300 Eastern Iowans hope Monday's Work Wanted ads yield job news. The Gazette continues the ads free of charge on Tuesday. Page references note related items on city sewer talks and transit plans in Iowa City. Lottery profits and college basketball rankings are also teased.
A humorous line notes helping someone in need creates a lasting memory and a paradox about charity. It frames generosity as both kind and problematic when memories seed expectations that linger.
Three white teens Scott Kern Jon Lester and Jason Lanone were convicted of manslaughter for the death of Michael Griffith after chasing him onto a freeway in Howard Beach Queens on December 20 1986 A fourth defendant Michael Pirone was acquitted A jury also convicted Kern Lester Lanone of assault on witness Cedric Sandiford and found no riot convictions Sentencing set for January with bail amounts assigned for Kern Lanone and Lester The incident left a crowd awaiting the verdict in a crowded Queens courtroom
A Iowa state task force urged wider recognition for foster parents who wish to adopt the children in their care. The report, submitted to Gov. Branstad, says policies should acknowledge the potential for adoption and still support reasonable efforts to reunite families.
A Quad Cities couple becomes the university of Iowas first GIFT pregnancy after IVF program opening. Doctors combined four eggs with the fathers sperm and reimplanted them, with the mother noting this is a Christmas gift. The couple had eight years of infertility struggles before the heartbeat was detected December 3.
A Cedar Rapids crash pattern linked to stop sign violations has claimed three local lives this year and 78 statewide. In Johnson County one fatality from a stop sign crash occurred Oct 16 in Coralville, as Cedar Rapids police report 1,691 tickets issued last year with no alcohol link in the nine deaths this year.
The House approved a 1766 billion tax and entitlement bill 237 to 181 and sent it to the Senate as part of a deficit reduction package. The half trillion dollar spending bill to fund government through next September followed, aiming to cut the 1988 deficit by over 30 billion, amid disputes over fairness doctrine and aid to Nicaragua.
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