04 Jan 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1988
Page
1
Bloomfield’s Curt Bader, a native son, seeks a spot on the U S Olympic kayaking team. The unusual sport hinges on his strength and local support as Page 4A notes.
A handful of firms test a new incentive program described as a decent paycheck. The initiative aims to boost morale and productivity while offering workers a clearer wage uplift.
Overnight Israeli air raids on Palestinian and Lebanese guerrilla positions in southern Lebanon killed 21 people and wounded 14. Among the dead were 12 members of two Lebanese families, six Palestinian guerrillas, and three Lebanese militiamen. The Israeli army said targets near Sidon included three command posts. The report also notes a separate West Bank incident where a Palestinian woman was killed during a confrontation in Ram.
About 1 million gallons of diesel oil spilled from a collapsed Ashland Oil tank into the Monongahela River, threatening drinking water for more than 750,000 residents in Allegheny and Washington counties. Water intake was closed and Western Pennsylvania Water Co. lines prepared to supply Pittsburgh, with continued conservation urged.
With the Iowa caucuses a month away, Democratic and Republican campaigns stage a final blitz. Campaign staffs plan TV ads, more volunteers, and extensive candidate appearances across Iowa as the race heats up toward February.
Yale University scholars report Mesopotamian clay tablets dating to 1700 B C contain some of the world’s oldest cookbooks. The Old Babylonian period inscriptions outline dozens of stews vegetables and meat pies using water and fats and slow simmering in covered pots.
Egypt announced the discovery of 820 gold coins from the sixth and seventh centuries hidden under a monk's cell at Dair al Abiad monastery near Sohag. The coins minted in Constantinople bear emperors Justinian I Phocas and Heraclius and are described as the greatest find of its kind by Ahmed Kadry of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization.
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