19 Nov 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1991
Page
1
Johnson Elementary School goes national as Principal Dena Chambliss is interviewed for President Bushs Thousand Points of Light program recognizing volunteerism. Details on page 1B.
Lawmakers pause any plan to cut credit card interest rates following Friday’s sharp stock market drop. Analysts say the move unsettled investors and prompted reconsideration of a proposed credit relief measure. Details on page 5D.
Gov. Terry Branstad warns welfare cost overruns and higher school aid have drained savings from state employee layoffs and will force deeper cuts. Details on page 4B.
The Iowa Hawkeyes rise to ninth in the Associated Press preseason women’s basketball poll with page 1D noting the detail.
The Soviet PTT opened Moscow telephone lines to international circuits on Nov 12. From midnight to 9 am Moscow time, residents can place direct overseas calls from home and office. Calls cost about 12 rubles per minute, about 22 cents.
A light joke notes that taxation follows a simple rule you can shear a sheep many times but skin it only once, humorously critiquing repeated levies and perpetual taxation without repeated losses.
Two student groups will sponsor a Thursday night English version of the German film Taxi to the Bathroom at 7 p.m. in the Illinois Room of the Iowa Memorial Union. The event aims to defend free speech amid backlash that critics say has fostered fear and self censorship on campus. About 45 students viewed the film September 25. Gov Branstad and state lawmakers criticized it. the university president called it poor judgment. officials will review a scene under obscenity laws. Tickets are $3 at the Union Box Office.
ISU climatologist Elwynn Taylor told Cedar Rapids Rotary Club that the Corn Belt faces a 70 percent chance of a major drought in 1993, though not a repeat of 1988. He linked drought risk to weather cycles and El Nino, with higher variability attributed to global warming and ongoing research needed.
The House passed legislation to curb telemarketing with a voice vote. It targets autodialers and prerecorded messages while seeking FCC rules to shield consumers from unsolicited calls. A Senate-House compromise is planned amid Bush administration concerns about limiting business tools.
Britain’s Terry Waite and American Thomas Sutherland were released after long chains of captivity in Lebanon. Both traveled to Damascus and reported captors predicted the remaining Americans Alain Steen, Joseph Cippio, and Terry Anderson would follow within days. U N secretary general had said all captives would be freed by Christmas.
The piece surveys how leaders from Eisenhower to Bush avoided the R word calling recessions rolling readjustments or mild slowdowns. It notes economists like Alfred Kahn and Herbert Stein using alternatives, and cites Carter era inflation fears and Bush declaring the downturn over in November.
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