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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1994
Page
1
A Washington County man seeks to protect graves of people institutionalized early in the century from disturbance. The brief notes that many were ignored in life and urges respect for their resting places. Details on page 1B.
Experts warn that a warm damp spell could bring a bumper crop of mosquitoes within a couple of weeks. Officials say the outbreak may begin soon as conditions become favorable. Details in the first section.
The Cedar Rapids City Council is expected to approve a plan today offering pay raises to non-union workers while requiring them to contribute to the employees' health plan. Page 3B provides details.
Hakeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets became the NBA's MVP the first foreign player to earn the award in league history. In his 10th pro season he led Houston to the franchise’s best regular season record.
A Small Business Administration official’s sales pitch on the Clinton health care plan drew little interest in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. Details on page 5C.
Brian Hall's Eagle Scout project presents a 100 years ago child’s life through a display at Marion's Granger House. The exhibit titled Tomorrow's Child is featured in Youth Plus in Thursday's Gazette.
Anamosa schools may go to court over a bus arrangement with Mount Vernon that serves Martelle and Martello parents. The district seeks a single pickup point while the Martello group wants home stops, and an agency opinion is awaited as negotiations stalled.
Gazette City Mall reports a cancer cluster study by Five Seasons Transportation found no workplace cause for the cancer cases among current and former employees. The analysis notes any excess risk could not be identified at the transit department work site. Jewell led the December hire for the study.
The Denny’s chain will pay a record 46 million to black patrons and 4.7 million in legal fees plus implement a nationwide civil rights program. It will retrain staff, hire a monitor, test 625 locations, and stop discriminatory serving practices following a Pentagon row incident.
Cedar Rapids area podiatrists and chiropractors fear exclusion from a forming communitywide health delivery system. Linn County Podiatric Medical Society president Eugene Nassif said the group will approach local hospitals and the IPA to define podiatry’s future role. The IPA, with 270 doctors, currently lacks podiatrists or chiropractors.
Fred Grandy sits on a chapel stool at Mount Mercy College during a live radio broadcast and jokes about mixing church and state. He tours Iowa in 1985 to pursue a U.S. House seat, using humor as a political tool amid voter skepticism.
In Cedar Rapids last week Grady joked to break ice before a political ascent. He is a former four term congressman from northwest Iowa now seeking to topple Governor Terry Branstad in the June 7 Republican primary.
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