26 Dec 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1988
Page
1
Column by Donald Kaul offering light post holiday ideas and reflections. Potential suggestions for readers on using time and resources wisely after the Christmas season.
A call to donate old Christmas trees to the city for the Trees for Trails program, encouraging reuse instead of trash disposal. Page 13A.
Elizabeth Dole is appointed secretary of labor in the Bush administration, continuing a long public service career across multiple presidents. The note appears in the Washington section with other headlines on General Motors and Christmas memorials.
A lighthearted item notes there are many poor drivers in Los Angeles to the extent that police joke about issuing season tickets as a running gag.
Gazette Des Moines Bureau reports that next session may see expansion of health insurance for about 350000 Iowans currently uninsured and broader coverage for those inadequately insured. Speaker Don Avenson cites growing tax receipts as opportunity to tackle rural hospital survival and long debated health care reforms. Leader Tom Jochum urges a sweeping program to insure working poor and limit catastrophic medical costs.
Volunteers at St Pauls United Methodist Church hosted a fourth annual Christmas meal with about 300 attendees. Dick Pankey organized the event which provided food to diners and delivered meals to around 50 shut ins.
Video shows five men identified as prisoners during a two day uprising later listed among the dead raising questions about custody deaths. Officials confirm the men are dead but offer no explanation for their deaths after arrest. The toll stood at 23 with 19 deaths on Friday night during police assaults.
John Tower, selected as defense secretary, says he will seek savings by adopting weapons needing fewer personnel. He notes fifty percent of the budget funds people and stresses protecting deterrence while reducing big-ticket items. Tower defends FBI background and vows strategic reviews across forces.
Cedar Rapids stores open 7 am to handle a post holiday rush. Target and Sears increase staff and welcome shoppers returning or exchanging gifts. Managers note many returns are for wrong size or wrong gift and that customers stay in good spirits as deals lure buyers.
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