16 Mar 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1992
Page
1
Fifteen ranked teams have reached the 81st boys state basketball tournament and will begin action today at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. Details on page 5C.
Iowa lawmakers prepare to advance major budget measures this week as they debate spending limits and other financial proposals. Details are on page 8B.
Firehouse outperformed Tesla during a three hour rock session at the Five Seasons Center on Saturday. The event drew fans and featured a heated warm-up display before main acts. more details appear on page 5B.
A lighthearted note links longer lifespans from medical progress to the growing burden of medical bills. It suggests humor about delays in debt due to extended years and healthcare advances.
Ten area chefs develop appealing appetizers aligned with American Cancer Society guidelines. The recipes appear in Food Plus in Tuesday's Gazette, offering healthy options for good nutrition.
The pay raise dispute between Gov. Terry Branstad and state workers raises outside counsel bills. Des Moines firm led by former aide Doug Gross has billed about 92 000 so far this budget year with 40 588 more pending. Total court costs may reach 582 237 this year as unions pursue the vetoed raises in Iowa Supreme Court.
A former teenage killer, John Rose of Fayette County, who murdered his father in 1960, was beaten and executed by a group of Black Hawk County ex-cons. Investigators say Rose died at close range in a Benton County ditch, after planning to form an outlaw gang but being rejected by the ex-con group. The piece frames his death as a punitive retribution rather than a tragedy.
An August 1991 audit by the USDA Office of Inspector General shows billions in US food purchases for domestic and export programs including foreign meat and Canadian beef. Contractors violated domestic-origin rules, and records failed to identify commodity sources. Officials say issues under review, some problems resolved by the Foreign Agricultural Service and the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Cedar Rapids officials consider factory built modular homes to ease rising rehab bills. The idea, praised as starter homes for the 90s, hinges on HUD policy allowing CDBG funds to buy factory built housing and a shift toward tearing down old structures to replace them.
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