06 Feb 1993
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1993
Page
1
A 27 year old Haitian woman Rose mene Joseph had a tumor removed at Mercy Medical Center and was given housing in Cedar Rapids by doctors and others. Details on page 1B.
A Hiawatha family has stayed off welfare through a program where Eastern Iowa agencies helped prevent foreclosure. Details on page 1B.
Mary Robinson, a former Cedar Rapids attorney, is set to become pastor of Valley View Baptist Church in Cedar Falls. Details on page 4B.
The Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball team ranked No. 3 defeated No. 6 Ohio State 79 to 62 last night in a high stakes Big Ten showdown. Details appear on page 1C.
The 30-year fixed rate averages 7.80 percent, down from 7.86. It marks the lowest weekly rate since June 29, 1973, when it was 7.76 percent, prompting more buyers and refinancers to enter the market, with Cedar Rapids reporting about 7.75 percent.
A quick quip notes a distant relative as someone with more money than you. The joke plays on family ties and wealth in playful contrast.
The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas report rising genital warts cases among youths. Officials urge awareness and prevention as infections climb, per Page 1A of Sunday's Gazette.
Cedar Rapids firm Mid west Metals CEO Kevin Urban says the new federal family leave bill will have limited effect on his operation. Other employers fear unknown costs and future obligations as the measure requires up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies for firms with 50 or more workers. The bill also covers all government entities regardless of size, per a Har kin aide.
The overview covers unpaid leave up to 12 weeks in a 12 month period for birth, adoption, caring for a family member, or health needs. Exemptions include firms with fewer than 50 workers. Key protections require job and benefit continuation, with eligibility at one year employment and 1250 hours. Some high earners can be excluded if business harm. The piece notes a Midwest metals shop with 90 employees and suggests broader urban and government applicability.
Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy announced a two track plan to reform federal meat inspection after Washington state food poisoning deaths. The program seeks 550 urgent inspector hires, organic spray on carcasses, whistleblower input, and FDA irradiation studies, with a focus on a risk based system beyond visual checks. He noted $58 billion would be needed to test 20 percent of meat and poultry but pressed forward without regard to limits.
Amana Refrigeration Inc. will hire 125 production jobs at the Middle Amana plant, lifting total employment to about 3,100, a peak. No new applications will be accepted. hundreds of existing applicants will be considered from prior October submissions. Wages range from eight to eleven dollars per hour, with all hires starting by March 1.
Federal Judge Kimba Wood withdraws from consideration for attorney general after disclosures that she had hired an illegal immigrant as a nanny, following earlier controversy over Zoe Baird. Wood cites timing of the hiring before current law but faces political delay in Clinton's cabinet search.
University of Iowa researchers reports that breast cancer will account for about 2,028 new cases among Iowa women this year, making it the most common cancer. Lung cancer remains the deadliest overall, with 1,100 men and 585 women expected to die.
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