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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1994
Page
2
A compilation of provocative ads from Forbes notes campaigns that mock political correctness. Examples include a barbecue sauce spot with farm animals and a farmer selling Obliterate, a drastic herbicide. The piece critiques marketing that uses guilt and shock to sell products.
Black activists at a three day summit led by Jesse Jackson urge a moral offensive to curb violence in black communities through family church and school programs. They push voter registration urban policy civil rights action and stricter gun penalties while planning further meetings in cities with upcoming Senate races.
The day features a Kenya Safari film shown hourly from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the visitor center auditorium plus an outdoors bird banding demonstration by Rob Bradley at Pinicon Ridge Park. Sponsored by Linn County Conservation Department with additional exhibits and music events at Luther College.
CITYLINE asks listeners to vote on raising taxes to fund more prison capacity in Iowa. Between 6 am and 8 pm callers chose Yes or No after yesterday's death penalty reinstatement framing, reporting 135 responses with 84 percent in favor and 16 percent against.
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will be on the David Letterman show on Monday. He will face jokes about his seven year old son Andrew who spoke at the mayor's inauguration and stole the spotlight. Letterman will feature a look alike child for Wednesday’s show after Andrew’s onstage antics.
Tammy Wynette, 51, remained in good condition after a first of three procedures at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to widen a narrowed bile duct due to repeated infections. She previously spent seven days at Baptist Hospital in Nashville for illness.
President Clinton bid farewell to his mother Virginia Kelley in a Hot Springs service described as a celebration of life. Thousands attended as Barbra Streisand and officials paid respects while Clinton prepared for a nine day European trip. Kelley, 70, died after a breast cancer battle, leaving two sons, Bill and Roger, in mourning.
The Gazette supports farming by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers in boxes at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St. Sp
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