11 Oct 1987
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1987
Page
1
The fragment lists scores and places including Memphis, Alabama and Oklahoma with numbers such as 1.13 and 44 to 31. Michigan State 17 10 appears alongside Michigan and Buena Vista 10. The readable items suggest a sports score roundup or standings teaser with multiple teams and results.
Mostly sunny for the day with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Cloudy tonight with low temperatures in the mid 20s. See page 15A.
Prime Minister Zbigniew Messner proposes rapid market oriented changes to lift barriers and reduce state control. The plan aims to spur initiative, allow plant managers more power, shift tax and subsidy policies, and introduce stock and bond markets as Poland moves toward broader reforms by 1988 to 1990. A nationwide referendum on reform is scheduled for November 29.
The Iran-contra investigation faces edits as conservative committee members push to soften language that compared Watergate to Iran arms deal cover-ups. The nearly 1000 page draft was rewritten to reduce accusatory tone with a non descriptive title for the cover up chapter.
Connie and Marvin Merrill of Des Moines won the Iowa Lotto record jackpot in the 20 yearly payments of 225000 dollars each. The 23 year old housewife bought the ticket that afternoon and saw the numbers roll, triggering an emotional celebration on television.
Dubuque meteorologist Tom Churchill promotes Lotto Hotpicks claiming to know which numbers are likeliest as Iowa Lotto hits a $6 million jackpot. University and ISU professors and an Iowa Lottery spokesman counter that forecasting lottery numbers is not possible.
Iowa State and University of Iowa statisticians say Lotto Hotpicks is a random system with no reliable method to beat it. They critique Churchill's sample list of hot numbers, noting only two of six picked numbers matched in the Oct 3 drawing.
A charter fishing boat with 61 aboard caught fire five miles southeast of the Little River Inlet near the NC- SC border. The vessel sank after the blaze, but all 61 were rescued by nearby boats. two women suffered minor injuries and were hospitalized. The fire started from an electrical short in the engine room and disabled the radio.
A light humor item jokes about plumbing the depths of the soul with a pun about taking a plunger on the journey. It delivers a quick, playful gag suitable for a daily humor page.
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