10 Nov 1989
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1989
Page
1
A husband and wife lead Theatre Cedar Rapids in a production of The Sound of Music. The article recalls Horowitz’s Iowa City visits and highlights top ten eighties films, noting Black Watch among notable music and movie topics.
Planning commission to hear a rezoning application for a new Hy Vee store in Marion. Homeowners report blocked access as an alley is draped with chains. A former Hiawatha Scout treasurer receives a five year suspended sentence. Davenport chiropractor denied parole for wife’s death by chainsaw. Chrystal slams Miller over abortion stance.
Laurens-Marathon football players plan a tribute to a teammate who remains in a coma. The event emphasizes team support and community solidarity amid the crisis.
A light humor item contrasts a tax collector with a taxidermist noting the taxidermist keeps the hide while the other does not. The quip plays on wordplay about tax and taxidermy for a brief comic moment.
Gazette staff writers report Eastern Iowans of German ancestry weighing reunification of East and West Germany. University of Iowa experts and local residents describe contrasting views from those with family in East Germany to West Germans like Frank Schumacher who favor a loose federation rather than full unity.
President Bush called East Germany’s opening of the Berlin Wall a dynamic development with little relevance for the Wall. East Germans crossed freely into the West for the first time since 1961 as crowds cheered and toppled sections near Brandenburg Gate.
Europe confronts a new wave of upheaval as East Germany ends border closures and the Berlin Wall loses its symbolic power. The move prompts questions about German reunification, West European unity, and the fate of Cold War era alliances. Analysts say the continent faces a shifted balance and new possibilities.
The Kremlin signals openness to a government in East Germany that is not Communist, broadening Moscow’s stance on postwar German leadership and signaling potential policy shifts to observers.
Iowa’s 1989 corn harvest is projected at about 119 bushels per acre, up from 114 and 108 in prior forecasts, with total production near 1.48 billion bushels, a 64 percent rise from last year. Soybean yield holds at 38 bushels per acre, about 313.5 million bushels total, up 26 percent.
Deng Xiaoping resigns as chairman of the Central Military Commission in favor of Jiang Zemin while Yang Shangkun gains a renewed role. Jiang becomes party leader, with Yang Baibing appointed secretary general of the commission as Beijing tightens control after the June crackdown. U.S. officials expect Deng to remain a guiding voice.
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