23 Jul 1990
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1990
Page
1
Martin Luther King III told about 150 spectators on the State Capitol steps in Des Moines that civil rights have been gutted in many ways during the last decade. The address closed a four day observance of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission 25th anniversary with details on page 2A.
In Ternopol the City Council voted to remove Lenin and Marx statues from central square and sell them to the highest bidder. A Communist ideologist called orthodox supporters frightened and indignant. In Iowa, about 800 competed in the Iowa Games with 33 basketball, 22 volleyball, 19 soccer teams advancing to state games.
The Gazette highlights a future driven by farming and sustainability. It notes the use of soybean ink for printing and recycles newsprint, urging readers to drop newspapers in recycling boxes at City Carton on Sixth Street SW and at Noelridge pool parking lot near 42nd and Council Streets NE.
A light humor item ponders if pigs experience a mud life dilemma as they splash through muddy handles in a playful riff.
Washington AP reports Sally Helgesen argues women should retain their values in leadership. Her book follows four top female executives including leaders at Girl Scouts, a Denver contracting firm, Ford’s executive center in Detroit, and a Baltimore radio company.
In Protivin two women with opposing views share stories of life under the communist regime and its end. Antonia Kolasova, 81, recalls imprisonment and labor as a dissident, while Vilma Urbanova, a Communist Party official, defends district achievements. They discuss town governance, recent reforms, and the impact of the brewery and state ownership on local life.
Senators from both parties urged President Bush not to use abortion views as a litmus test in selecting a Brennan successor. Bob Dole and Patrick Leahy warned that tying the nomination to Roe v. Wade would provoke stiff Senate resistance, while Bush met with advisers at the White House to review progress. Metzenbaum urged a candidate with a good judicial record and temperament.
Randy Wells recalls prison conversations with David Leonard Wood who is suspected in El Paso desert killings. Wood claimed Wells lured victims with drugs tied them to trees and stretched them with a moving truck. Wells, 27, says Wood hyped the crimes and was indicted July 13. Authorities would not comment on new evidence or joint culpability.
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