22 Dec 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1992
Page
1
Linn-Mar school board again weighs sharing or merging with Marion Independent School District. The board rejects Marion board conditions for a proposed joint meeting. Details on page 1B.
A column notes a “guardian angel” fundraiser to help a South Carolina family visit a quadriplegic relative in Manchester. The Rascal column highlights community support as local donors rally to cover travel and related expenses.
Applications will be accepted next month for jobs at the Iowa City General Mills plant. Details on page 5D.
The Iowa Hawkeyes rout Eastern Michigan 103 to 66 to reach tonight's San Juan Shootout championship against Southern Illinois. Page 1D has more.
The inaugural commemoratives shop offers a framed official invitation for 58 dollars and other items to support the five day celebration. Gifts include a red Santa Gave Me a New President button for 1 dollar a set of inaugural medallions for 925 dollars and a 52nd Inaugural paperweight for 36 dollars. A brochure is available by calling 1 800 262 2222 with delivery in four to six weeks.
A light column notes the humor in how couples cling to appearances during a dating phase describing the last phase before commitment as a playful, almost ritual ending of pretense.
Larry and Esther Belle Steinbach host the annual December open house drawing in neighbors and the community. About 150 to 200 adults and children attend as Santa Claus arrives with gifts.
An autopsy was planned to determine cause after investigators found a full term newborn boy’s naked body at the Iowa City Landfill. Police treated the case as homicide and asked for tips from the public while checking four vehicles at the site.
In Mogadishu two rival clan leaders Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohammed agreed in a US brokered deal to move 30 to 40 armed vehicles called technicals out of the capital within two days. The pact aims to clear relief routes amid a famine and coalition operations.
Ron Luckeroth, 41, works as a paid Cedar Rapids firefighter while volunteering in Oelwein and teaching at Iowa State University. He began as a volunteer in 1975, joined Cedar Rapids in 1990, and this busy week he may fight 10 to 12 fires between the departments.
Dr. Russell Anthony will resign as Cedar Rapids city veterinarian on March 31 and become a veterinary consultant for the city. Mayor Serbousek said a change to the animal control ordinance could allow contracted veterinary work similar to the city physician. Anthony, 69, says the idea is his, and neither party has set contract terms or costs.
President elect Clinton named Richard Riley as education secretary and Hazel O Leary as energy secretary. He criticized women's groups for quota complaints while defending his record of appointing women to key posts including the EPA and the Council of Economic Advisers.
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