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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1992
Page
1
Regis and LaSalle high school boards vote to maintain individual sports programs for 2024 season after fundraising for a proposed merged Catholic high school was suspended Tuesday. Details on page 1C.
Donald Sickles of Marshalltown, 50, was struck from behind with a toilet tank lid at Ewert's Skyway Lounge in Cedar Rapids at 9:21 p.m. The porcelain top cracked but Sickles survived and was treated at Mercy Medical Center and released. The suspect fled after the assault with no prior sparring noted by witnesses.
Gene Hinkel, a 73 year old from Belle Plaine, has whistled his way across the globe including Australia. He says his whistling career has earned him over $100,000 and counting. The feature note indicates more details on page 1B.
A business guide outlines a simple plan for startups stressing marketing as the key driver. The article from Company Doctor on page 5C urges founders to prioritize marketing above all else.
Gov Terry Branstad will hold an open hearing next week to decide whether to commute the life sentence of a woman convicted in the contract killing of her estranged husband. Details on page 5B.
Iowa Senate President-designate Gronstal pledged to heal ethical wounds and push campaign finance reform after a four-way race ended with his second ballot victory over Boswell. Republicans criticized the ethics inquiry into Joe Welsh as the chamber drew partisan fault lines and a 4-2 committee vote to end the probe.
Senate Democrats tap Council Bluffs Democrat Michael Gronstal to lead through budget woes and a trust fund scandal fallout. The 41 year old vows hard work and integrity to jump start the 1992 agenda while navigating controversy and tight fiscal choices.
Iowa personal incomes rose 2.8 percent from Q3 1990 to Q3 1991, tied with the nation’s 2.8 percent. Iowa ranked 35th, the slowest in the Plains, lagging regional average 3.5 percent. Utah led with 6.2 percent, while California and several Northeast states posted slow growth.
Two million low income working families with children aren t claiming the earned income tax credit worth up to 2020 a year, the IRS estimated. IRS Commissioner Fred Goldberg Jr urged filing a return with Schedule EIC. In Iowa 1990 claims reached 98 520 for 51.7 million.
Clinton rejected tabloid charges of a 12 year sexual affair with Gennifer Flowers starting in 1977. He told reporters in New Hampshire the charges did not happen and questioned the Star magazine story, saying the paper misrepresented a taped exchange. Flowers had previously denied the affair and threatened legal action.
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