19 Nov 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1988
Page
1
The Gazette invites readers to submit ideas for improving the city. Enter via the entry blank on page 4A or send a postcard with your proposal to The Gazette.
A temporary exhibit marks a $160,000 renovation of a rural West Branch schoolhouse. It features two Grant Wood paintings and another Grant Wood work by Roy Lichtenstein, highlighting regional art history.
A lighthearted item notes an agriculture major was voted most likely to sack seed mocking campus humor. The joke relies on a pun about seed handling and student popularity.
The Iowa City incident involved methyl bromide fumigation at Village Inn Pancake House. Terry Ray Schneider 19 of Davenport collapsed Oct 6 in a restroom and died later at University Hospitals. Autopsy by Dr. T T Bozek ruled methyl bromide poisoning as cause with ventilation issues cited. No foul play suspected and investigation turned to Johnson County Attorney.
After three years of waiting MorAmerica Financial Corp and Morris Plan Co of Iowa will allow partial access to funds at 9 a.m. Monday. United Security Savings Bank opens ten locations in Iowa including two Cedar Rapids and one Marion. United Security, born from MorAmerica and Morris Plan bankruptcy, received federal deposit insurance approval. President Cebuhar celebrated with a certificate of operation from Iowa officials. All accounts will be insured up to 100000 by FSLIC.
United Security credits MorAmerica Morris Plan depositors for enabling Monday's opening. Cebuhar praises the savers who supported the effort, noting their role over three years in bringing the plan together.
Nine Cedar Rapids residents named to the board of directors at United Security in a page 6B listing. This informs readers of new governance appointments and local leadership changes within the company.
Health spending climbed to 500.3 billion dollars in 1987, driven by higher doctor payments. The growth pushed health care to 11.1 percent of GNP, the highest since 1965, prompting calls on Congress to curb costs in Medicare and Medicaid.
The Pretoria treason trial long in progress ends with four top black activists convicted of treason and seven of terrorism after 34 years. The United Democratic Front, formed in 1983, is labeled a revolutionary organization. Sentencing starts December 5, with eight acquittals and possible death sentences for the convicted. Desmond Tutu reacts with shock and vows to help those jailed.
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