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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1989
Page
1
A digest notes Master Conservationist classes offered in Eastern Iowa and a report urging Iowa to strengthen child protection laws to better safeguard abused children. Also mentions Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney traveling to China in April for an international symposium on urban management.
A wry cartoon note questions the value of current government spending, implying future generations miss out on the benefits of today’s tax dollars. The line pokes at fiscal priorities with a humorous edge.
Manning family of Lansing learned two daughters died after a car wreck on Highway 30 east of Tama during an ice storm. Authorities initially mixed the names, leading the father to confirm Marie and Jane Manning’s deaths while noting the surviving daughter’s confusion and the community’s grief.
Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission reinstates John Erger to the No. 2 position in the Police Department after he was demoted December 16 by acting Chief Jim Barnes with Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jaeger’s approval. Erger, a 32 year veteran, had been reduced from administrative assistant who runs the department in the chief’s absence. Commission chair Jim Piersall emphasized you must have a reason to demote. Jaeger argues the administrative assistant role was created years ago and may be appointed by a new chief or acting chief, not by the Civil Service Commission.
A federal grand jury indicted a defense contractor, a Navy employee, and five others on conspiracy, bribery, and theft in a two year Pentagon procurement probe. U S Attorney Henry Hudson calls the indictments just the beginning of Operation III Wind and notes a deterring effect on Pentagon corruption. Hazeltine Corp and two former employees also pleaded guilty to related charges in the same probe.
Libya at the United Nations charges that the United States faked videotape evidence of the final moments of an aerial clash over the Mediterranean to imply Libyan jets were heavily armed. Ali Sunni Muntasser calls the footage Hollywood fake while Vernon Walters shows grainy photos to support a different claim.
Emperor Hirohito, Japan's longest reigning ruler and wartime figurehead, died at 6:33 a.m. at the Imperial Palace. He was 87 and led Japan through militarism and recovery. Crown Prince Akihito became the 125th emperor, receiving sacred regalia in a traditional ceremony.
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