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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1990
Page
2
A traveling speaker braces backstage at a restored downtown theater built in the 1920s. He notes the theater's revival for civic events, the enduring draw of live performances, and the lifework of roadbound entertainers, ending with a nod to his column in The Gazette.
The Gazette corrects the Census Bureau phone to 362 4214 and notes an earlier incorrect number 398 8313. It states the paper will respond to complaints about accuracy and publish corrections or clarifications in this space.
Two northeast Iowa women died when their cars collided on Highway 63 near Tripoli as freezing drizzle and light snow created icy roads. Joann Murray, 36, of New Hampton, suffered minor injuries. Separately, ADM fog forced a Cedar Rapids highway closure on Highway 30 for several hours.
UFCW Local P-3 president Mike Gardner says Farmstead now faces uncompetitive costs after wage and benefit cuts at Hormel plants in Austin Minnesota and Fremont Nebraska and low wage contracts at IBP and Excel plants in Iowa and Illinois. He notes health and workers compensation changes won t solve long term problems and reports Farmstead's financial strain with meetings to discuss savings and possible actions.
Evan TePpel 9 will be honored with the Boy Scouts of America Heroism Award for diving into the Cedar Rapids area water to save his 6 year old brother Todd who fell overboard during a family boat trip on Aug 27. Evan, who taught himself to swim, reached Todd and pulled him to the boat while others struggled. Gov. Terry Branstad will attend tonight's ceremony at Seven Villages Restaurant in Little Amana on I 80.
John W. Shaver, owner of a Florida day-care center charged with possessing child pornography, tested negative for gonorrhea after three children at his preschool showed no infection. He remains free on 75,000 bond as authorities pursue the source of any exposure.
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