18 Feb 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1988
Page
1
A lifestyle feature contrasts youth employment paths from fast food flipping to roles in a law office. It weighs early work experiences, skill building, and long term impact on career choices, offering guidance for students choosing among part time and summer jobs.
In U.S. District Court Terry Hudik was denied charges alleging he planned to defraud the Civil Aeronautics Board by claiming phantom flights to obtain extra subsidies for his defunct commuter airline. The Iowa Peace Institute seeks county Iowa City dispute resolution. state funding push for community colleges and institutes amounts to 10 million dollars. Linn County may receive 550 044 in property taxes next fiscal year as supervisors approve. The Iowa State Cyclones beat Missouri 102 89 in Ames, ending a seven game skid. U S hockey loses 7 5 to Soviet Union risking medals. Lisbon Lions rout Sigourney 54 9 and Morning Sun 48 18.
A humorous quote compares life to a smorgasbord noting many choices but at the table only creamed corn and Brussels sprouts remain.
A compromise to raise Iowa cigarette taxes failed by two votes in the Senate, 24-23, leaving budget decisions in jeopardy. The measure would have added 8 cents per pack from March 1 with 3 cents cut on July 1, 1989, not matching Branstad’s earlier proposals. Debates and possible reconsideration could resume if votes shift.
Ryan Montague remains fixed on opening an adult bookstore at 309 Fifth Ave SE despite hundreds protesting at a City Council meeting. Opponents call the project filth and cruel. 3000+ signatures were filed against it as the council prepares to decide next week.
Gun men blocked a southern Lebanon highway and abducted Lt Col William Higgins, senior U.S. military observer with UNIFIL, increasing American hostages to nine in Lebanon. Higgins, 43, from Kentucky, was seized near Tyre on the Gaza border area as UN observers and Amal militia-linked groups searched for him.
A French Israeli team reports in Nature that anatomically modern humans may have arisen by 92,000 years ago, about 50,000 years before previous estimates, living in the Middle East and predating Neanderthal emergence in Europe. The finding fuels debate over Africa origins and migration timelines, with some arguing earlier African origins and limited early spread.
Sen Tom Harkin Iowa says he may hold hearings on TEFAP cuts as surplus foods shrink by April USDA notes cheese non fat milk to end with TEFAP next month honey rice to run out next month flour cornmeal butter to continue. Iowa DHS official Carl Meisel says the loss will hit many who relied on the program. Please turn to 13A: Food
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