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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1988
Page
2
The piece argues that both the Soviet Union and the United States revise history differently, noting how American textbooks have long hidden women and minorities and biased portrayals. It cites Eisenhower and Reagan eras, calls for strict historical honesty, and warns against political influence, urging three timeless rules for historians.
Depositors of Morris Plan Co of Iowa and MorAmerica Financial Corp wait as the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington delays action on Morris Plan’s application for Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp coverage for a proposed thrift named United Security Savings Bank. About 18,000 depositors remain with frozen funds since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 1985.
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Surgeon General C Everett Koop warns that public health recoil already seen against smokers and traffic offenders could extend to AIDS victims by the 1990s as health costs rise toward 5 billion annually. He urges more tolerant, productive responses and notes AIDS research may yield benefits for other diseases.
A Hennepin County jury awarded Dan Cohen 200,000 in actual damages and 500,000 in punitive damages against the Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch for naming his identity as a confidential source in 1982. The verdict upheld that confidentiality constitutes a contract and triggered wider debate on journalistic anonymity.
More than 500 scientists including three Nobel winners pledged to refuse participation in chemical and biological weapons work and urged peers to join. They argue biomedical research should protect life and oppose military use, criticizing the offensive defensive distinction and citing Soviet capabilities. Jane Kortz of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute called the effort a perversion of scientific aims.
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Police arrested Gary Robinson 18 William Moffit 21 and a 15 year old after intruders pried into Leisure Time Rentals at 111 13th St SE. A sleeping neighbor roused by noise called police. two other people at the scene were released. Moffit and Robinson appeared in court and were released.
Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jaeger warns parents to keep kids out of the Cedar River amid high temperatures and low water The river near downtown Cedar Rapids hides holes and deceptive currents making it unsafe for wading or rafting Police Chief Gary Hinzman notes swimming is illegal within city limits and officers will stress rules to students this fall
Story County Attorney Mary Richards says evidence gaps in the case of Joseph Patrick Dillon may force dropping charges against other defendants. Dillon was acquitted of disorderly conduct tied to the May Veishea riots after police could not positively identify him as the beer container thrower. About 50 youths were arrested during Iowa State University spring festival disturbances.
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