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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1989
Page
1
Iowa City native Terry Allen named the 24th UNI football coach after serving as interim since Earle Bruce left. He becomes the youngest head coach at a Division I program, with local business leaders donating land for a new Marion fire station.
A playful item notes that a single lark can doom spring plans, while a robin alone cannot. The quip uses light humor to reflect on nature and seasonal expectations.
Independent counsel Walsh moved to drop conspiracy and theft charges against Oliver North citing his insistence on introducing classified information and the Reagan administration’s refusal to disclose material. North still faces 12 felony counts carrying up to 60 years. A Monday hearing will consider a dismissal without prejudice. Reagan said no pardon planned.
A Tama County traffic crash on Highway 30 killed two young women amid rain and freezing rain. A westbound car struck an eastbound vehicle after overcorrecting, with road slickness blamed for the fatal broadened collision.
A state compensation panel recommends a $10,000 annual increase for Gov. Terry Branstad and a $9,600 raise for State Auditor Richard Johnson. The panel also proposes 3 percent raises for lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, and secretaries of state and agriculture, effective July 1 and again in July 1990. It rejects a larger lawmakers’ pay boost though a $1,500 raise and per diem change is proposed, with legislative salaries rising from $16,600 to $18,100 and per diem adjustments during sessions.
Investigators from the Iowa Civil Rights Commission will visit Cedar Rapids next week to review eight discrimination complaints filed by Cedar Rapids Police Department employees. Seven complaints target Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jaeger and one implicates the city.
The Reagan administration released video from a U S Navy F 14 showing one Libyan jet with four missiles, contradicting Libyan claims the aircraft were unarmed reconnaissance. Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard labeled the Libyan ambassador to the U N a liar.
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