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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1988
Page
2
A humorous take on the U S drought crisis contrasts grim facts with quotable advice from officials and commentators The piece notes farmers suffer most while politicians propose quirky remedies and ends with Secretary Lyng’s blunt prayer for rain.
The California State Bar accuses divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson of mishandling funds and failing to return unearned fees to three clients and one more, including Julie Newmar and Eleanor Revson. A formal disciplinary hearing could range from a warning to disbarment.
The Gazette launches The Waiting Child on page 2B offering information about hard to place children waiting for adoption. The new weekly feature aims to aid prospective families by presenting profiles and needs of children seeking homes.
Cyclone Jeff Grayer is projected to be a centerpiece in the upcoming NBA draft. An NBA official calls him one of the best big guards available this year.
Lloyd Ecker felt left out when his wife Susan wore a Father-to-Be logo on a cap. He founded Beegotten Creations, a whimsical firm selling novelty items for expectant relatives. The piece highlights a lighthearted birth of a business empire.
Deb Gore editor and sole staff member of The Goldfinch magazine published by the State Historical Society of Iowa earns a national award amid stronger, larger rivals. Iowa Today page 22A highlights the achievement.
Experts survey why Iowa livestock equipment manufacturing lags and discuss potential steps to spur development. Analysts cite market size, supply chains, and policy incentives as key factors shaping future growth prospects.
A forthcoming book questions Cary Grants sexuality, labeling him among Hollywoods debonair leading men. A second volume co authored by a woman alleges a romantic involvement with Grant. Leisure page.
As George Bush and Michael Dukakis position to do battle for the presidency they are sending substitutes to attack the other side. U.S. World page 7A.
Senator David Karnes, a Republican from Nebraska, shows hog calling skills during a hog-calling contest held Saturday as part of the Nebraskaland Days celebration in North Platte, a 10 day event.
Samuel McClease, 26, unemployed former Navy technician, is jailed on charges of perjury and obstruction after tapes he claimed to have made of Tawana Brawley advisers were found blank. The FBI noted the tapes appeared unused. The case ties to Al Sharpton Mason Maddox and the Brawley affair involving a supposed abduction and assault.
In Lowell Massachusetts friends and peers celebrate a one acre Kerouac memorial park with a 1959 On the Road reading replay. About 1000 attendees including two of Kerouac's wives poets Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti attend the 90 minute ceremony to open the first public memorial in Lowell. The $100000 memorial features 15 passages set on 3 by 8 foot granite panels amid debate over Kerouac's lifestyle.
The white Italianate Shaw mansion in Anamosa, home of Andy and Connie McKean, shines for visitors as one of five historical houses opening Saturday for Anamosa's sesquicentennial celebration.
In West Jordan Utah a woman following a newspaper tip burned her underpants in a microwave and set a wall ablaze Firefighters quickly put out the flames destroying the oven and leaving an embarrassed resident uninjured Officials noted the advice cited University of Florida researchers as saying five minutes on high could kill the bacteria in cotton underwear
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