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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1994
Page
1
A construction foreman, 26, died when a trench at the Anamosa Waste Water Treatment Plant collapsed at 5 37 p.m. He was inspecting with workers. others uninjured. The Cedar Rapids firm identity not released. Plant upgrade is a 2.4 million project started in 1993.
Parsons Technology seeks a large addition in Hiawatha pending more tax concessions. The project would create significant development but hinges on favorable tax terms. Page 1B detail notes.
The Friday Gazette notes Tomorrow by Manson appears on a Guns N' Roses album titled Look at Your Game Girl. Writers label it a lightweight sixties curiosity while acknowledging Charles Manson as the writer.
NBC News reported a bodyguard for Tonya Harding confessed to taking part in a plot to injure Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan. The weapon was reportedly found in Detroit behind the rink where Kerrigan was attacked, and sources say Harding’s husband Jeff Gillooly and the bodyguard arranged for a hit man to attend a meeting in Portland.
President Clinton agreed to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Whitewater investment with James McDougal after political pressure. Attorney General Reno said she would name an independent investigator promptly, while Republicans questioned impartiality and signaled a renewed push for a congressional inquiry.
Sen Rich ard Varn announces resignation within 30 days to become director of telecommunications at the University of Northern Iowa. The 35 year old Democrat will earn 60000 dollars a year and aims to advance UNI in distance learning while remaining in Johnson Linn counties.
Iowa Network Services, a Des Moines coalition of 130 independent telephone companies, launches INS-EDnet a private fiber optic network for statewide video conferencing.INS-EDnet will host a Des Moines conference center by March with five more planned this year. Bagley says services are available to any Iowa business needing a video conference facility including livestock associations and medical groups.
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce opposes the 30 percent machinery and equipment tax repeal unless communities losing local revenue are compensated. Senator Lind accuses the chamber of snubbing Cedar Rapids and keeping a ladder down after a prior deal. Senate approval of grain purchase exemption advances to the House.
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