19 Jun 1989
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1989
Page
1
Allan Thoms officially starts as chief of Gov. Terry Branstad's administrative staff today. The Iowa Miss page features columnist Mike Deupree’s take on a nonresident Miss Iowa. Peregrine falcons are expected to swoop downtown Cedar Rapids roofs this summer.
A local report notes several Iowa video store owners removing explicit material from commercial displays. The move affects adult sections across multiple outlets, reflecting broader shifts in store policies and community standards.
Rockwell plans a reunion to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first lunar landing. Event details appear on page 5B.
Former Oakland Raiders defensive lineman John Matuszak, aged 38, died of a heart attack on Saturday. The obituary notes his NFL career and life after football.
A fragment describes Platonic love as akin to being invited downstairs to a wine cellar for a glass of sfla pop, conveying a casual, intimate metaphor in a playful tone.
The Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development warns that 7 million youths aged 10 to 17 face serious risk from school failure and related behaviors. It urges reform of middle grades toward smaller, familystyle schools and ends to ability tracking, noting adolescence is a period of vulnerability and a misalignment between schools and youths needs. The report cites early alcohol use and rising teen sexual activity as key concerns and stresses middle schools as pivotal for recapturing at risk youth.
Congressional investigators blame secrecy and poor oversight for safety failures at the U S nuclear weapons complex. The report cites limited outside scrutiny, private contractor management, and recent shutdowns at Rocky Flats where FBI searched for possible cover up of waste practices.
Springfield entertainer Leon Van Weelden staged a puppet show for children during the Celebration of the Arts at the Brucemore mansion in Cedar Rapids. He rolled through the festival on roller skates amid the warm, lively crowd. More festival photos on 12B.
A congressional OTA background paper urges more study of electromagnetic fields from power lines and other sources noting potential nervous system interactions and possible cancer links. It calls for cellular, animal, and human studies and highlights public policy and litigation delays.
Arnold and Laverne Roggman of Garnaville spent 12 years researching from 1976 to last year to complete Garnavillo Gem of the Prairie a 577 page hardcover history of the Garnavillo area from 10 000 B C to 1876. The work includes arrowhead sketches wilderness life Civil War letters and cemetery burials.
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