05 Jan 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1988
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Kennedy, ranked fifth, welcomes seventh-ranked Washington for a pivotal conference clash. The game shapes the race for the league lead as both teams vie for supremacy in the standings.
A light joke notes that a check-up feels like giving up one thing each time you visit. The quip plays on the idea of sacrificing a small something during medical exams.
Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen requests a 1.145 billion budget for AIDS research and education for fiscal year 1989, a 45 percent rise over the prior request and about 20.5 percent above current year funding. Congress typically appropriates more than the president’s request.
Siberian Express brings 60 to 70 below wind chills across the Midwest with 1 below in Cedar Rapids and 7 above in the afternoon. By evening Cedar Rapids Airport logged 6 below as gusts of 15 to 23 mph wilted travel while diesel fuels froze in semis and 500 Cedar Rapids customers lost power for about an hour.
The Gazette will delay deliveries of this morning's paper until around 7 a.m. to protect carrier safety due to the weather. Normal delivery is by 6 a.m., but warmer conditions are anticipated later.
A million gallon diesel spill fouled the Monongahela and Ohio rivers leaving Robinson Township and seven South Hills communities with dwindling supplies. Officials warned of days or weeks to restore normal service as residents conserve water and fill containers at depots.
A Northwestern study found 60 percent of 35 patients preferred Caridex dissolving cavities over drilling, though dentists may resist due to professional identity. Caridex, approved last year, often needs less drilling yet still shapes teeth for fillings.
Siegfried Wielsputz, 31, a West German Embassy attache, died after being shot on a Paris footbridge. A Kurdish National Liberation Front leaflet found on him denied any group responsibility, aiming to discredit the Kurdish movement, with authorities exploring possible links.
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