18 Nov 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1988
Page
1
Metro Iowa brief outlines a Gazette contest offering top 25 prize winners for ideas to improve Cedar Rapids and its metro area. Page 10A notes contest details. It invites reader contributions to shape community improvements.
A wry quip ponders why Robin Hood targeted the rich, joking that the poor lack funds. The line satirizes wealth disparity with a punchy twist on classic folklore.
President-elect George Bush selects New Hampshire Governor John Sununu as White House chief of staff and Lee Atwater as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Craig Fuller says he will quit after the transition ends in January, and Bush notes Fuller could join his administration in another role.
Tokyo money dealers offered the U S dollar Thursday as the yen slid amid trading on the exchange board. The dollar dropped toward forty-year lows before buyers from central banks and institutions stepped in.
Central States Can Co of Massillon Ohio wins a lottery funded loan package totaling 500000 to create a 3 million plant in Iowa City Industrial Park on a 9.1 acre site. The project will produce aluminum cans and lids and start with about 100 workers with construction planned later this year.
Three people face felony charges in Cedar Rapids as part of a nationwide plot to import and distribute adulterated animal drugs that could threaten human health. The case ties to Fort Dodge Iowa and includes officials from Custom Feed Blenders and others across several states. Seizures topped 30 tons of drugs with wholesale value over $600000, aimed at veterinarians farms and outlets nationwide.
A 198 page report based on a two year study of 20 million Americans aged 16 to 24 who do not attend college warns of high unemployment or poverty level work. It says many never escape unemployment and low paying jobs in a highly competitive society and calls for attention to education. The Commission on Youth and America's Future released the findings at a news conference.
Dorothea Puente, 59, arraigned in Sacramento on one murder count after police found a body in her yard. She claims she cashed checks but is not a killer and faces possible death or life imprisonment with special circumstances. Case continued to December 15. she remains jailed without bail.
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