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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1988
Page
2
Iowa Today reports that increasing collaboration among small school districts in Iowa is underway with shared programs. An observer suggests this could precede wider mergers between systems, reflecting a trend across the state.
More Americans may seek guidance in completing income tax returns this year due to changes in the tax laws. Taxpayers are urged to make reservations now for assistance on Money, page 2E.
A columnist decries the hype around the Super Bowl calling the two week lull the Super Bowl Gap and mocks the sports jargon used by announcers. He lists common phrases that he says amount to little or nothing and notes the game itself is often a dreary football contest despite the media frenzy.
Betty Friedan argues women face new restrictions despite progress from the movement. She warns of a looming feminine mystique while speaking at the University of California, Santa Barbara about lingering social limits on female autonomy.
Flowerama of America Inc owner of 95 floral stores in 23 states reports growth with Cedar Falls locations and talks about adding a free standing Cedar Rapids store. The article notes expansion plans and mall presence as key strategy.
University of Iowa geography professor Joseph Scarpaci argues that geographic literacy underpins intellectual clarity. He emphasizes that knowing geography and history is essential to understanding the world.
Sophia Loren and Erma Bombeck headline a Parade feature on seven celebrities sharing lessons from their fathers. The piece notes Bombeck’s quip that fathers then were like lights in the refrigerator, with mysteries behind the closed door.
Cedar Rapids native Rosanne Klass analyzes the Soviet fixation on Afghanistan in a new book. The piece surveys the long involvement and its implications as the USSR faces the war in the region.
Albert Marks who directed the Miss America pageant through a era of change retires. Bert Parks aging and Vanessa Williams nudity figures echo in a concluding note as the lifestyle section reviews the pageant's history.
Iowa doctors lobby for medical malpractice insurance relief and cap on awards modeled after Nebraska law. Physicians argue limits would reduce insurance costs and stabilize care access.
Joyce Brown, once living on a Manhattan sidewalk, has become a nationally known figure after city and court actions. Lawyers report eight book and movie offers as she weighs job possibilities and public appearances while seeking housing and stability.
Albany officials say the Cuomo administration will allow New York City to supply needles to hundreds of intravenous drug users as part of a pioneering AIDS prevention experiment. The program aims to curb transmission, slow the spread, and use needle distribution to encourage counseling, with potential expansion to thousands and 3,000 more treatment slots.
A weekend apartment fire in Dayton Kentucky killed five people including three children and injured one. Two teenagers were arrested on five counts of murder and arson after a fire started in a vacant second floor unit. Victims include James and Carol Cundiff and children Jerry two, Charles two, and Mary Ann Ooten visiting. Annie Cundiff escaped unharmed as a gas line explosion followed. Gregory Combs, 18, and a 16 year old were charged. motive not established.
A week-old male infant born with two faces and one body, a rare Siamese twin variant, died at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Delivering Caesarean on Jan 23 to an unidentified Dade County mother, the child breathed independently until death at 4 15 a.m. Friday. Doctors cited spina bifida as the poor prognosis.
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