20 Feb 1989
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1989
Page
1
Beverly Moore highlights Iowa heritage with focus on unique Lowan identity. The page 5B feature explores community pride and regional traditions celebrated by residents.
Accent columnist Ramakrishna Vaitheswaran of Coe College discusses the growing savings and loan crisis and other economic issues. The page also notes Sirhan Sirhan's first TV interview apologizing for Kennedy's 1968 slaying and a tuition control debate in the Iowa House.
A lighthearted line notes that while no two snowflakes are alike the snow jobs appear similar. The quip plays on weather humor and everyday repetition in a playful, tongue in cheek tone.
Police detained four men at Winnie Mandela's Soweto home during a pre dawn raid investigating the Stompie Seipei death. Officers displayed blood evidence and items including blood soaked sneakers and a knife. Mrs Mandela denies being at home though linked to the alleged abductions and beatings.
A Flying Tigers Boeing 747 crashed in fog near Subang Airport in Malaysia killing four crew members. Investigators recovered the flight data recorder. Captain Frank Helpin and crew members Jack Robinson Ron Penton and Leonard Sulewski were identified.
Grandinetti, owner of Repo Depot in Davenport, explains why auto repossessors are seen as criminals by some. He notes industry downswing since 1987 88 with about 30 to 50 cars repossessed monthly within a 150 mile radius while maintaining professional standards.
A 367 passenger British Airways flight from New Delhi to Heathrow carried a newborn girl born at 30 000 feet. Rajapir Randhawa delivered by doctor crew and 366 passengers helped as seats were turned into an emergency maternity area.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini rejected Salman Rushdie's apology for The Satanic Verses and urged Muslims to send him to hell, reaffirming the death sentence despite pressure from Iran's president and officials. A $5.2 million bounty remains on Rushdie's head as tensions worsen with Britain.
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