Porch Tour Invites Public to Mount Vernon Homes
A Sunday event in Mount Vernon invites the public to tour nearly 20 porches in a neighborly tradition with details on page 1B.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1990
Page
2
Iowa traffic deaths drop for seventh straight month
Ames AP report shows September traffic fatalities fell to 43, eight fewer than September 1989. Through nine months, 334 people died, down from 390 in the same period last year, per the Iowa Department of Transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Coventry official outlines teen vocational training program
An official from Coventry Chamber of Commerce visited Cedar Rapids to describe a vocational training program for teenagers in Coventry. The report notes details on page 100.
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Coventry
England
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Stoned virus hits Hong Kong governor speech
A computer virus named Stoned infected floppy copies of the governor Sir David Wilson’s speech on Hong Kong’s future. The virus freezes keyboards at a set time and displays Your PC is now stoned. Legalize marijuana. The speech was delivered Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
David Wilson
Marriages and Prenuptial Jibe From The Newspaper
A light note jokes that marriages are made in heaven while prenuptial agreements are drafted in lawyers offices, playful satire on wedding planning.
Bush calls tax swap a waste of time in budget clash
President Bush called a modest tax increase for the wealthy and a capital gains cut a waste of time to push through a divided Congress. He urged lawmakers to devise a 500 billion deficit reduction plan without either element while Democrats pursue a higher tax package. Senate and House leaders signal continued budget talks aimed at cutting spending and raising taxes by an Oct. 19 deadline.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Dan Rostenkowski
Illinois
Senate
George Mitchell
Bob Dole
Finance Committee
White House
911 to the Rescue by Fire Chief in Lisbon
Eight-year-old Lucas Roberts delayed leaving his Lisbon home during a fire while sick for Fire Prevention Week. The fire damaged the first floor living room and caused smoke throughout the house. Red Cross assisted Randy Regina Roberts and three children who are staying in a hotel. Enhanced 911 system is credited with likely saving the boy and home.
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Regina Roberts
Lucas
Lisbon
Roberts
Lonnie Zingula
Lucas Roberts
Mike Williams
Williams
U of prof pioneers Hispanic telemarketing
University of Iowa professor Enrique Fernandez-Barros has partnered with APAC Telemarketing to form APAC ROMEX Inc. in Iowa City. The new firm aims to serve the 25 million Hispanic market in the United States and Puerto Rico with a $150 billion purchasing power, employing about 50 people and acting as a link between businesses and Hispanic consumers.
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University of Iowa
Enrique Fernandez-Barros
Apacromex Inc
Chicago
United States
U of I
Apac Telemarketing
Schiller Park
Ill
Brewery Square
N. Linn St
Iowa City
Fernandez-Barros
Apacromex
Puerto Rico
Higher bean prices seen as corn yield forecast slips
Government crop forecasters predict lower corn yield in Iowa and tighter soybean stock levels. Soybean stocks a year ahead shown at 175 million bushels, the lowest in over a decade, while demand supports higher bean prices now and potential spikes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Kreition
Jazette Rural Affairs
Iowa
Mike Smith
Reading Marketing
Perry
U.S
South America
Smith
South American
House OKs NEA funding. obscenity rule moved to courts
The House rejected strict anti obscenity measures and kept NEA funding with a court defined standard. A Crane bid to abolish the NEA failed 361 to 64 and Rohrabacher's 249 to 175 amendment failed as the panel approved shifting obscenity decisions to the judiciary.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
National Endowment For the Arts
Phil Crane
R-I
NEA
Dana Rohrabacher
Calif
Joseph Kennedy
D-Mass
Rohrabacher
Crane
Fred Grandy
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