22 Nov 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1988
Page
1
Minneapolis musician Prince visited Ames last night on his Lovesexy concert tour with a $2 million production. The show featured a tri level stage and more than 100 tons of equipment, drawing thousands of Iowa fans.
Community initiative aims to recover loaned tools and equipment. Organizers urge residents to locate missing items and return them to designated drop-off points. The effort seeks to reduce losses and support neighborhood projects.
Three theoretical astrophysicists from Caltech and the University of Wisconsin propose that physics may not forbid travel through cosmic wormholes. Kip Thorne Alvi Yurtsever and Michael Morris say travel to the past could be theoretically possible, though unproven, and urge further study for its philosophical and scientific implications.
President-elect George Bush plans to retain Dick Thornburgh as attorney general and Laura Cavazos as secretary of education. He also considers Richard Darman for budget director and top aide John Tower for defense secretary with a strong outside deputy. A search for a deputy defense secretary with business experience is under way.
AT&T filed with the FCC to launch a nationwide 900 prefix service charging purchases and calls to customers’ phone bills. The plan would expand information and order services via telephone, potentially shifting some 800-number offerings to 900 and sparking industry debates over what should be billed.
CBC and Canadian Press projections show Brian Mulroney's Conservatives leading to a majority in the House of Commons with 130 seats to 79 for the Liberals and 23 for the New Democrats. The forecast assumes gains in central Quebec Ontario and Atlantic provinces, seeking at least 148 seats to secure control.
United Security Savings Bank began operations in downtown Cedar Rapids on Monday with fewer than a dozen customers and a crowd of media. The bank, formed from Morris Plan Co. of Iowa assets and MorAmerica Financial, noted many customers did not bring or fill out new signature cards required for accounts. Charles Cebuhar, United Security chairman and president, cited incomplete forms as a common issue among elderly depositors on opening day.
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