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23 Feb 1989
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1989
Page
1
Agencies fail on hiring goals in 1988
The 1988 report shows limited progress in Iowa state hiring. Six of 34 agencies met female hiring goals and three departments reached minority hiring targets. Only 27 women were hired toward a 247 goal, and 47 minorities toward 137 targeted spots.
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College Aid Commission
Inflation hits two year high as prices surge
U S consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in January, the strongest gain in two years, driven by food energy and other goods. If sustained over 12 months, inflation would run at about 7.2 percent, spurring calls for higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve and disappointment in markets.
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Labor Department
Allen Sinai
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Fed
Alan Greenspan
House Banking
Greenspan
Fort Atkinson man preserves relics and frontier crafts
Frank Karnik Sr. 68, a Fort Atkinson retiree, curates authentic and replica frontier rifles and Indian artifact items. On display at Henderson-Wilder Library Upper Iowa Fayette he explains brain tanning and recounts trading a gun for years to regain it.
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Iowa
Bureau
RT Atkinson
Frank Karnik Sr
Karnik
Henderson-Wilder Library
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Fort Atkinson
States can't be sued if child abuse ignored
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states generally may not be sued for negligently failing to shield people from abuse by others. The decision held public officials have no constitutional duty to protect those not in state custody, even in tragic cases like Joshua DeShaney’s.
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Supreme Court
Joshua DeShaney
Wisconsin
Joshua
Melody DeShaney
William Rehnquist
Harry Blackmun
Blackmun
Tower candidacy fades as Dems threaten Tower confirmation
Washington reports a key Democrat on the Senate committee plans to vote against John Tower for defense secretary. Chairman Sam Nunn contests Bush’s claim of FBI clearance. VP Quayle campaigns for Tower as Exon urges looking elsewhere amid concerns over Tower's drinking history.
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John Tower
Tower
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Bush
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White House
Nunn
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