25 May 1990
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1990
Page
1
The Iowa Hawkeyes were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA regional as Maine edged ahead to advance. Maine's standout players led the comeback while Iowa faced a tough defensive game and faced a late deficit.
Two citizens groups press ongoing campaign to preserve the northwest Ellis YMCA as community supporters rally for preservation efforts and oppose potential closure plans.
In Iowa, U. S. Senator Tom Harkin and challenger Tom Tauke narrow the campaign finance gap as they report similar fundraising totals. The contest remains tight with both sides mobilizing volunteers and donors ahead of key state events.
Two Cedar Rapids residents sue a Dysart man alleging he caused their hepatitis infection. The complaint seeks damages for medical costs and related injuries.
A husband and wife team design and build the scenic elements for Theatre Cedar Rapids’ production of Barnum, as reported on page 2W.
Frank De Brower, longtime Cedar Rapids bar keeper and booster for the local softball scene, plans to retire after today. The note appears on Page 1B with tributes to his years of service to Cedar Rapids sports.
A light humor item notes life as a journey and the comic panic of misplacing a boarding pass. The quip playfully reflects on travel woes and the universal urge to locate essential documents in time.
Cedar Rapids Community School District may reclaim its art from the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art anytime, says museum president Peter Stamats. School board president Susan McDermott counters that the board’s policy discussion was misread. The conflict centers 28 district pieces by Grant Wood and Marvin Cone plus 149 Carl Van Vechten portraits, housed since 1970 to protect against damage, with appraisal by Sotheby’s pending and admission fees debated.
President Bush unconditionally renews China most favored nation trade status for one year despite congressional opposition over China’s repression and emigration policies. He says the move rests on everyday trade not favors, while critics seek a disapproval resolution to block it.
A spooked deer burst through a window during a Davenport WXLP broadcast, disrupting a light hearted sketch. The doe Martha is at an animal hospital and, if recovery stays smooth, will be released into the woods soon.
Around 8:20 a.m. Thursday a deer burst into a Davenport studio near downtown, smashing a bit and injuring itself. Police and animal control arrived after the unplanned interruption, finding a badly bleeding doe carried out on a stretcher.
Gale Sears of Portland describes moment his head and shoulders were sucked through a broken window at 14 000 feet on Horizon Air Flight 2300 from Portland to Seattle. He recalls hearing a thud and being pulled toward the hole before the plane began its descent over Olympia.
University of Iowa professors Arthur Miller and William Reisinger reported from the Soviet Union that public criticism of Mikhail Gorbachev appears tempered. They noted new restrictions under discussion in the Congress of People's Deputies and a funded poll covering Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine.
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