16 May 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1988
Page
1
A study notes that companies with fewer than 100 workers added jobs faster than large ones in the second half of 1987. The report appears on page 6B of the cited News, while a separate item reports a great waste shark entering a commercial fishing net off Southern California, per a TV station on page 2A.
A lighthearted column critiques GOP candidates who seem to forget past scandals and promises, noting a pattern of memory gaps in contemporary politics. The piece plays on the idea that voters expect accountability while politicians repeat familiar missteps.
A bus carrying 67 Church group members from Radcliff to Kings Island collided head on with a pickup going wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, killing 27 and injuring 30 to 40. The National Transportation Safety Board called it one of the worst U S bus accidents.
Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law a $50.6 million bill setting state salaries for the coming year. It includes an $800 annual expense allocation for legislators, raises for judges and officials, and funds for state workers and university faculty. Branstad vetoed sections on personnel and DPS drug purchases and blocked a collective bargaining bill. He also signed privacy, lottery spending, and several related measures including legal aid funding and fee increases.
Amana Society Enterprises opens a new garment plant in the former woolen mill, producing Made in the Amana's apparel for Armstrong's Department Store. The venture blends American and foreign expertise to compete with overseas goods, with production beginning in January and aims to speed U.S. delivery.
Peggy Voss of Lake Park won about 5.1 million dollars in the Iowa Lottery drawing, the second largest prize ever. She had lived on Social Security after her husband Darwin died in 1980, plans include a college fund for her kids and possibly a new house, and she used the Easy Pick numbers 7 9 12 17 20 36.
Vanessa Shelton reports on a feel good program in which Wrinkles the dog puppet delivers a self esteem message to kindergarten through fourth grade students at Madison Elementary. Puppeteer Aaron Green uses Wrinkles to urge children that they are very special and should feel good about themselves during the assembly.
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