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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1994
Page
1
Weyerhaeuser Paper Co announced a $16.8 million modernization plan for its Cedar Rapids plant. The project does not create new jobs but signals a greater commitment to the facility. Details on page 6C.
Former Lint County General Services Administrator Steven Moshier says he is seeking legal counsel after being fired by the County Board of Supervisors earlier this week. Details on page 1B.
Fiala Plumbing and Heating Inc of Cedar Rapids was fined seven thousand dollars by OSHA following a fatal cave-in involving one employee. The action cites workplace safety violations and a death linked to the incident. Details on page 1B.
Estate trustee Michael Dunbar says the Farmstead Foods bankruptcy case is nearly complete and likely will leave little for former employees. Details on page 1B.
At the Cedar Rapids City Council request the Division of Criminal Investigation investigates alleged solvent dumping in city sewers. Page 3B contains details.
Doug Davis of Hiawatha has been named Linn County Artist of the Year by the county chapter of Pheasants Forever. Details on page 5C.
Disney presents One More Mountain about the lone surviving Donner family after the brutal 1846 47 winter ordeal. The tale, highlighted by TV Vision in Saturday's Gazette, recalls endurance and loss without cannibalism.
Daryl Thompson trial continues in Cedar County with closing arguments looming at 1:15 p.m. Monday. An Iowa City group led by Jeff Klinzman plans a rally at the Cedar County Courthouse over concerns a fair trial is not being offered to Thompson, who faces charges tied to a September 20 incident involving a damaged State Patrol car.
A Scientific poll of 808 Iowa voters shows 86 percent favor a three strikes and you’re out law with life imprisonment after three felonies. The survey by Political Media Research for The Gazette and KCRG also covers taxes for police, gun control opinions, and views on WOI-TV sale.
The Ames based station at Iowa State University, formerly state owned, has been sold to a private firm after final sale papers were completed this week according to the Gazette graphic cent.
Former Linn County Sheriff Donald Sawyer was arrested Thursday by Cedar Rapids police on a theft by deception charge connected to a Metco Credit Union deal and a mobile home sale Sawyer allegedly did not own. Sawyer, who served 1981 to 1984, was booked at Linn County Jail.
The Iowa House approved a bill to grant Ipsco Inc. of Regina 73 million dollars in incentives over 20 years to build a steel mill in Muscatine County. Senate debate to begin at 9 am today amid criticism that the deal exposes Iowa to risks and reflects weak state economic policy. Critics assailed Gov. Branstad and questioned fairness in offering incentives to a foreign firm.
President Clinton uses an executive order to revive Super 301 and aims to publicly target countries with the worst barriers to U.S. exports by September 30. If talks fail, punitive tariffs up to 100 percent could be imposed to narrow the U.S. trade deficit with Japan and others. Officials say no open trade war, while Tokyo warns of danger.
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