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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1988
Page
2
A columnist riffs on an Ethics Czar for a future administration and shares private reader queries about duty honesty and conflicts of interest. The spoof letters cover skimming funds licensing favors and personal temptations. The piece ends with a punchline urging action.
Robert Lee Flippo Morris 36 was found guilty on eight counts of sexually abusing members of a nationally known boys' acrobatic troupe. Nine boys testified that he touched them kissed them forced undress and participated in sex acts at his home and on a city school bus he drove.
The Paint n Palette Art Show near Anamosa was incorrectly listed as today in Saturday's Gazette. It was held July 3. The Gazette will respond to complaints about accuracy and publish corrections or clarifications when a report is wrong or misleading. Phone 398-8313.
Norway captures its sixth Class 1A state championship as it defeats an opponent in the title game. Iowa City Regina falls to Lynnville-Sully in Class 2A while Oelwein loses to Centerville in Class 3A. Sports page 1B.
Dorothy and friends face the Wicked Witch of Unsafe Sex in the staged production The Wizard of AIDS at Raven Theatre Chicago. The feature appears in Iowa Today 22A.
A child psychologist questions Bambi’s impact on children as the film’s deer mother death scene prompts concern. The opinion appears in Lifestyle on page 4F, highlighting parental guidance and media effects on young viewers.
Jerry Prayne author and inventor argues true creativity arises naturally, not from schooling, parenting, or societal influence, in a page one feature. The piece presents his view on innate creativity and its origins.
Washington chatter repeats that Cooper Evans could join a George Bush cabinet as agriculture secretary. Evans has played an active role in the Bush campaign as Iowa Today notes on page 17A.
Tracy Garner formerly of Cedar Rapids and Tony Martin wed last month with an assist from Meadowlark Lemon. The piece notes a lifestyle angle on the ceremony and guest involvement.
A new drug Tissue Plasminogen Activator used at area medical facilities may improve heart attack patients chances of survival if administered early in the attack according to studies. Iowa Today page 17A.
A new book claims Franklin D. Roosevelt used 29 aliases during World War II while receiving care at Bethesda Naval Hospital. The revelations appear in Hidden Illness in the White House on page 1F, highlighting the wartime president’s efforts to conceal personal health matters.
Former U S Rep Barbara Jordan 52 was found unconscious in her home swimming pool and rushed to Brackenridge Hospital in critical condition. Doctors reported cardiac arrest with fluid in the lungs while she is awake and improving in intensive care. Jordan, who has a degenerative nerve disease and uses a wheelchair, was swimming alone.
Actress Jill Ireland disclosed a localized malignancy in her lymph nodes after a four year gap since her breast cancer. She will undergo five weeks of radiation therapy with her husband Charles Bronson supporting her amid the diagnosis.
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