22 Feb 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1988
Page
1
State officials warn that Iowa prisons and mental health institutions are badly in need of repair with no relief in sight. The article notes funding and infrastructure concerns impacting safety and service across state systems.
A light quip reimagines Marie Antoinette famous line about cake as a joke about their just desserts. The tone is playful and historical references are used for humor.
In Moscow, State Department and Soviet briefers called the Shultz Shevardnadze talks in an excellent atmosphere with good progress on arms reductions, regional conflicts, and human rights. Shultz also met dissident Andrei Sakharov urging restraint on SDI as Gorbachev talks loom.
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart confesses sins after being linked to a prostitute and says he will stop preaching while the Assemblies of God investigation proceeds. He vows not to whitewash the act and asks for humility as church leaders weigh his future in ministry.
Water quality experts say industries added dangerous solvents to the Ohio River after a diesel spill. Samples from a 15 mile stretch near Wheeling and Moundsville detected chloroform methylene chloride and 1 1 1 trichloroethane in concentrations about ten times typical.
Southeast Asia shows widespread betting under legal and illegal forms from Bangkok to Singapore, with overseas Chinese drawing big stakes. Police note bets on lottery mahjongg cockfighting and coin flips as fortune fluctuates. Local gamblers cite superstition, numbers, and plate luck as drivers of risk and profit.
Reprinted note recalls a London paper’s claim that General Washington was biologically a woman. The Whitehall Evening Post cited the Dublin Register and Pennsylvania Gazette reports from 1782 alleging a long term affair with a Lady who attended him in Virginia. The item frames the revelation as a curious historic rumor and quotes notoriety about women connected to Washington.
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