06 Jan 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1988
Page
1
The Cedar Rapids City Council schedules a public hearing on purchasing two motorized streetcars as part of a transportation plan. The item appears amid local reports on road funding and urban mobility discussed in Page 2A.
A lighthearted quip notes that people who stay sharp are often found buried under a pile of football players. The joke plays on the image of focus amid chaos and sports camaraderie.
Engineers from NASA and Morton Thiokol find that hot gases reached an O ring seal in a redesigned booster joint during the Dec. 23 test. NASA says the seal stopped the gas but should not have been exposed and notes a potential delay into 1989 for shuttle flights.
A severe cold spell drove Iowa Electric to generate record winter power for Cedar Rapids area furnaces while a mobile home at 4420 Bowling St SW caught fire after the owner tried to thaw frozen pipes with a hair dryer and blow torch. He left briefly to fetch a portable toilet, unknowingly feeding a slow blaze.
Frigid weather boosts warm foods as Cedar Rapids eateries report rising soup sales. Diane Brown of the Souper Restaurant notes customers prefer bowls over cups, with downtown lunch crowds seeking meals in Greene Square Park.
Iowa City doctors report the first flu cases of the season after testing three patients for influenza Type A. Two Iowa City patients and a Cedar Rapids child contributed to the findings as health officials note the season's severity remains uncertain. The U of I Hygienic Laboratory performs testing for Iowa and CDC, with results sent to Atlanta for tracking.
Gov. Terry Branstad met with legislative leaders in Des Moines to discuss closing a projected 150 million budget gap for 1988 89. They foresee tax hikes including a cigarette tax and accounting changes plus spending freezes as possible parts of a balanced approach.
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