27 Nov 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1988
Page
1
A fragment describes college football with teams from Arizona and Tennessee and a 28 to 18 result. It mentions Vander, Fore, and notes construction progress at Amanas Championship golf course in Iowa. Weather notes predict blustery cold with snow flurries and tapering snow tonight.
Timothy Fay edits the Wapsipinicon Almanac near Anamosa Iowa selling 1200 of 1500 copies since May. The mixed regional publication features poems fiction and essays on rural life ethics and encroaching discount stores with local figures like state legislators McKean and Hannon in a playful ad photo.
The United States rejects Yasser Arafat's visa request to travel to New York for the U N General Assembly opening on December 1. State Department cites PLO terrorism links and Arafat's knowledge and support of such acts.
Police believe two men killed Yellow Cab driver Matt Pusateri during a 3 a.m. robbery outside Jim's Foods in Cedar Rapids on Nov 12. The trigger man faces first degree murder and life imprisonment. the accomplice could be charged if he cooperates. Acting Police Chief James Barnes notes possible negotiation with the county attorney to pursue justice.
Cedar Rapids cab drivers still carry cash and bluff in dangerous robberies. Police believe Yellow Cab driver Matt Pusateri was shot dead after refusing to hand over money as Robbers tried to rob him in a Cedar Rapids parking lot. Don Siemering survived a similar confrontation three years earlier.
In Alonika Greece American Olympic chess captain John Donaldson 31 and Soviet born Elena Akhmilovskaya 32 secretly wed in Salonica during a Friday tournament and left for the United States. The elopement deprives the U S men’s team of its captain with three rounds remaining in the Olympiad.
The item presents a compact travel TV list and index entries including a note on Wuzzles and world coverage. It notes page markers 3 and 4A with section identifiers 3 68 and 4F, indicating cataloged listings in the publication.
A light note on sermons offering renewal and strength. The joke suggests that listening to a sermon can leave listeners either strengthened or refreshed, applied broadly to everyone’s daily life.
The Soviet Union's Presidium rejected Estonia's limited sovereignty move as unconstitutional. Gorbachev said the Estonian plan to control all matters except defense and foreign policy and to review Soviet laws lacks legal force. Protests in Riga and Tallinn accompanied coverage directing readers to page 10A.
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