04 Mar 1987
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1987
Page
1
A sports brief analyzes ongoing weaknesses of the Hawks after recent games. Coaches say no easy remedy exists as opponents exploit gaps in defense and finish with decisive scores.
An Iowa speaker promotes a new inexpensive drug claimed to prevent 20 diseases as a miracle vaccine. The report notes the claim and its reception in the community.
First time grandparents Donald and Karen Helms of Cedar Rapids add five newborns to their family after Rosalind Helms gave birth Monday in Peoria Illinois. Also notes columnists and political and economic brief items across Iowa press.
A light humor item notes that cheap health insurance is appealing only if you can use a doctor whose stethoscope is on a party line. The joke plays on outdated telephone lines and medical costs.
President Reagan names FBI Director William Webster to head the CIA after turning down John Tower. Webster accepts after considering the post amid Iran Contra investigations. Reagan recalls arms negotiators from Geneva to pursue a verifiable Soviet U S arms reduction treaty while praising Gorbachev.
The Cedar Rapids Community school board rejected two all-day kindergarten proposals by Superintendent Daeschner and voted to close Grant and Truman elementary schools in June. Students will transfer to nearby middle school buildings, and Taft and Wilson will be remodeled to accommodate the elementary classes. The all-day kindergarten pilot was shelved for the fall pending fall long-range planning.
Authorities said a 6.5 magnitude quake damaged rail lines and disrupted service with more than 25 injured and two missing. The tremor, the strongest since a 7.0 event, hit North Island near the Bay of Plenty, echoing 1968 quake fatalities and aftershocks.
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co will receive less than half of its requested 43.9 million rate increase. The Iowa Utilities Board reversed parts of a hearing officer’s decision, granting about 13 million instead. Interim rate impacts remain unclear as a written order awaits.
The Supreme Court by 7-2 says businesses and government entities receiving federal aid may not discriminate against people with contagious diseases in employment or otherwise. The ruling supports AIDS victims seeking protection under the 1973 disability law, requiring decisions be based on medical evidence of risk.
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