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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1992
Page
1
The national touring production of Gypsy stopped in Cedar Rapids at the Paramount last night and delivered a wonderful performance. The show impressed critics as a standout touring presentation.
Thirteen remaining lawyers on the Warren Commission urged release of secret JFK files in Des Moines. They said autopsy photos should remain sealed only if the Kennedy family desires. David Belin defended the commission’s conclusion of no conspiracy amid renewed interest from Oliver Stone’s film JFK.
Mary Koehler of Keota shot a black powder rifle and placed third in the Missouri State Championship on her first attempt. Details on page 50.
Penwest announces a new pharmaceutical plant at Edward Mendell Co near Penford Products in southwest Cedar Rapids. Production starts in the fall as company officials disclose subsidiary specifics on Thursday. Details on page 6C.
In several Iowa towns police chiefs debate replacing officers with police dogs to cut costs. Some chiefs claim dogs are cheaper than hiring new officers while residents question the approach. The Saturday Gazette presents the controversy and public opinion.
President Bush joins 13 heads of state and two foreign ministers at a landmark U.N. Security Council summit on peacekeeping disarmament and stopping aggression. British Prime Minister John Major presides as Yeltsin meets Bush one on one in an event highlighting post Cold War security concerns.
Cedar Rapids officials clash over the suspension of a probationary officer accused of stealing a brownie from a convenience store. Public Safety Commissioner J D Smith and Employment Director Hurley Bassett Jr. trade criticisms while Bassett cites alleged favoritism and racist hate mail.
An unnamed licensed reactor operator at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo was suspended after testing positive for cocaine on two tests. Colleen Reilly of Iowa Electric Light and Power said a senior operator supervised the shift. the worker will undergo 10 weeks of counseling, with no control room access during that period, and NRC will decide on future reentry.
Des Moines reports a new top ten list showing phone scams increasing in 1991. Telemarketing complaints moved to second place from seventh, while mail order scams fell from first to third. Attorney General Bonnie Campbell notes shifts to phone-based cons as the division aided over 1.3 million dollars for consumers through lawsuits or mediations. Automobiles led complaints despite a decline in calls.
Campbell notes that fraud against older Iowans is a special priority due to their high share of the population. She warns con artists target seniors with home repair schemes health fraud and telemarketing scams.
Ronald McCoy, a 50 one born farmer admitted January 4 to St Marys Hospital in Rochester, was shot and killed by his housemate Ralph Laskey, 56, an Iowa osteopath psychiatrist, who then killed himself. Police questioned AIDS rumors as autopsy pending.
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