25 Dec 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1992
Page
1
The Rock of Salvation is a locally produced Christian rock program airing Sunday nights on Cedar Rapids station KTOF FM 104.5. Hosted by Lance Okones since 1989, he is leaving the station. Details in Weekend 2W.
A Thursday explosion fueled by natural gas devastated a Benton County area between Norway and Watkins. A Williamsburg gas crewman bravely entered the blaze to stop the fire, with further details on page 1B.
War veteran Larry Newcomb shares his view that Christmas is his happiest time, a season when being Santa lets him forget worries. The feature promises more on page 1B with details about his festive plans and community spirit.
Tilly Woodward created portraits of more than 80 Dubuque residents of diverse races to ease local racial strife. She aims to replace hatred with dialogue by displaying the art across the city, offering a positive communication avenue. Details on page 4B.
Gazette outdoor editor Jim Mayer revisits the area where he grew up and discovers the land looks the same on the map but feels different in reality during a recent hunting trip.
President on Thursday urged Germans to show greater tolerance toward foreigners. Page 7D carries the full details of the appeal and context.
A jokey take notes that Christmas feels endless for those with credit cards as the humor points to ongoing holiday spending and year round retail invites.
A four hour TV documentary airs Saturday features little seen photographs of Abraham Lincoln. TV Vision presents the program in Saturday's Gazette with a focus on the Civil War era president.
President Bush granted Christmas Eve pardons to Caspar Weinberger and five others connected to the Iran-Contra affair. Independent Counsel Walsh criticized the action as undermining accountability, while Bush defended the pardons as upholding policy dispute distinctions and fairness.
Ed Brown of Washington Iowa won one of two tickets in the 10.5 million Powerball drawing marking the first Iowa jackpot win. Brown, 39, is maintenance director at the Washington Care Center and will collect 196 875 tax free or not soon. The other winning ticket was sold in Missouri and Powerball is played in 14 states and DC.
President elect Clinton rounded out a highly diverse team naming Zoe Baird as the first female attorney general, Bruce Babbitt as interior secretary, 11A Espy to head agriculture, Federico Pena for transportation, Rep. Mike Espy lauded as secretary candidate, and Mickey Kantor as secretary of commerce. The slate adds a fourth Black and second Hispanic to the administration.
Eight-year-old Steven Luebke from Cedar Rapids wished for a real puppy in his Santa letter read in The Gazette Countdown to Christmas. Mike and Darlene Viall of Luzerne offered a 14 week old Boston terrier named Jimmy, delivered Christmas Eve to Steven who said it was all he wanted.
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