05 Mar 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1988
Page
1
Leo Lala Jr. faces three new felony theft charges after allegedly selling a polished sales pitch as a swindle. The incident adds to ongoing legal troubles in a case tracked by Iowa reporters.
A short humorous quip notes no man can stand alone and jokes about propriety in independence with a light punchline.
The unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, with 108000 fewer unemployed and 620J2 percent of adults employed. Payrolls rose by 531000, led by health services, retail, construction, and government, defying expectations of weak growth.
Panamanian government orders all banks shut to regularize dollar supply after a four day strike. Businesses stop, cash only payments accepted as central bank cannot provide funds, amid US freezes on Panamanian government accounts and Noriega forces. Escrow account urged for deposits.
Polk County District Court jurors found 17 year old James Corder guilty of first degree murder in the Maquoketa stabbing death of his stepmother and second degree arson for burning the house to hide the crime. He faces life without parole. Sentencing set for March 22 in Jackson County.
The report notes E. Robert Wallach told NSC aide in 1985 he hoped to profit for Attorney General Edwin Meese as Wallach pressed U S support for a $1 billion Iraqi pipeline project. David Wigg testified Wallach described Meese as a loyal public servant with finances strained by government service. The grand jury probes whether Meese personally benefited from aiding Wallach.
The Postal Rate Commission proposes a 17.5 percent series of rate hikes including 25 cent first class letters, with discounts for courtesy mail to pay bills and advertising mail increases larger than other categories. The plan aims to avert a potential $5 billion deficit by 1989 and awaits the Postal Service Board of Governors review.
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