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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1990
Page
5
Gordon Urquhart notes Adam Smith’s complex legacy linking free markets to government roles. He argues Smith was pragmatic, not an ideologue, and would likely oppose monopoly power while supporting targeted public expenses. The piece reflects 1980s economic debates and Scottish pride.
In Asheville Jesse Helms holds a rare news conference with six weeks left in a tight race against Harvey Gantt. The Republican senator defends his anti federal education stance and remarks on homosexuality while critics call him a bigot and a political firebrand guiding conservative voters in a predominantly Democratic state.
Discovery astronauts conducted the first space fire experiment aboard the shuttle burning about 70 seconds in a sealed container to study flame spread. Ulysses solar probe sped toward Jupiter at a record 34130 mph while the mission awaits 1992 solar pole orbits.
gas prices nationwide climbed 6 cents per gallon over two weeks due to Persian Gulf uncertainty and fears of crude shortages. The Lundberg Survey shows an average price of 144.20 cents per gallon across all grades including taxes, based on 13,500 stations.
Scientists report a 10 mile chain of about 10 new volcanoes on the sea floor roughly 300 miles from the Oregon coast along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. The cones range over 100 feet high and half a mile wide and formed in the past decade, with fresh lava flows observed near a large sea floor fracture.
In Salina Kansas Joan Sullivan 54 of Niles shielded her 2-year-old granddaughter Sara Sullivan from a 1-ton wheat planter rolling over them. Joan was hospitalized with broken bones and bruises while Sara escaped with minor scrapes. The accident happened on the 800 acre Sullivan family farm as James Sullivan planted wheat and failed to see them.
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