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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1994
Page
3
Gov. Mario Cuomo announced he will seek a record tying fourth four year term, saying he can help the state again. Only Nelson Rockefeller previously won four four year terms as governor of New York.
About 750000 gallons of heating oil spilled from the Morris J. Burman barge after it ran aground off San Juan. Two tanks ruptured, blackening the sea and spoiling a mile of coast as emergency crews set barriers and dispatched oil spill teams. Governor called it a catastrophe.
President Clinton appointed former Iowa legislator Paul Johnson as chief of the U S Soil Conservation Service. Johnson, 52, a Decorah farmer and ex Iowa House member, is praised for conservation leadership and a farmer’s view on agricultural environmental issues. He studied forestry at Michigan, worked with the Peace Corps, and holds a pilot license.
The December unemployment rate dropped to 6.4 percent, a three year low, with nonfarm payrolls up 183000 to 111 million. The gains were led by 68000 service sector jobs, many of which were temporary. Consumer credit rose 10.6 percent annual rate to 783.1 billion, signaling a strong year end and hopeful early 1994 growth.
Ellie Nesler, 41, was sentenced to six years for voluntary manslaughter and four years for using a gun to commit the crime after fatally shooting her son’s alleged molester in a California courtroom. Judge William Polley rejected clemency due to Nesler’s cancer and denied bail.
The U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will rehear the ruling ordering the Pentagon to commission Joseph Steffan, a Naval Academy midshipman who resigned after revealing he is gay. The full court acts despite lobbying by the Clinton administration for limited review. Steffan, a top student and battalion commander, was forced to resign in 1987.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines its sustainable printing practices including soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It invites readers to recycle papers at City Carton, 4250 Sixth St. Ww, Cedar Rapids, and lists subscription rates and delivery options for mail and carrier services.
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