27 Jan 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1992
Page
1
Bruce Brubaker and composer Jerry Owen earned a standing ovation Saturday as the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra premiered Concerto for Piano and Orchestra at the Paramount Theatre. Review highlights praise from the audience and critics.
An Iowa State University researcher frames homelessness as poverty driven and a state agency urges community unity to address the problem. Page 7C.
Bruce Perlowin, 41, paroled this month after nine years in federal prisons for drug smuggling, crafted a resume titled Ex-Marijuana Kingpin Needs a Job. He sent out 30 resumes and received about 10 positive responses, including a tentative offer as a national sales manager with an environmentally conscious firm handling rainforest-harvested food products in Oakland.
Steve Spender began with a chemistry study that launched his career in the kitchen. Now head chef at Season's Best in Iowa City, he shares how science informs his cooking. This feature appears in Tuesday's Food Plus on Page 1C.
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support sustainable agriculture. Readers are urged to recycle papers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW and at Econos Foods on 51st Street NE and Hy-Vee on Seventh Avenue in Marion.
The 1993 budget plan would increase funding for children’s programs by about 66 percent since 1989, add vaccination and feeding programs, place physicians in rural and inner city areas, and repeal the luxury tax on yachts to revive boat building. AIDS research funding would rise to about 873 million, while tuberculosis funding grows to 66 million.
State aid payments to Iowa public schools will be late for six months, a recurring cash flow irritant. Districts rely on these funds for salaries, with borrowing options offered but not always available. Officials note delays have grown each year, threatening education budgets and operations. The IASB cites persistent budget strain amid late disbursements totaling 55.67 million dollars in two payments this month.
A study using 41 680 breast cancer patients from 1988 finds New England leads with 40.2 percent of cases using breast conserving surgery while the Southeast and North Central regions trail with 11.5 and 13.6 percent respectively. The national average is 25.5 percent. Researchers cite follow up radiation access and education gaps as possible explanations.
Six years after the Challenger disaster space center crews continue cataloging roughly 5 000 pieces of debris in two 90 foot deep recovery silos at Cape Canaveral. Most finds are ocean junk though fishermen have turned up small fragments.
In orbit 187 miles above Earth Roberta Bondar flipped a coin in zero gravity as the Discovery crew staged a pregame toss. NASA officials explained the coin would not land and deferred the toss to the official ceremony while returning to orbital research tasks.
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