13 Oct 1989
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1989
Page
1
A man accused in Jane Brooks's drunken driving death argues she caused the crash. The note also mentions engine sparks forcing a TWA flight to return to the local airport.
Farmers and analysts credit August rains for a renewed boost in corn yield projections across Farm State. While rainfall varied by area, the overall outlook improved as soil moisture recovered and growth continued into late summer.
Information from page 8A notes potential consultant involvement at Job Service of Iowa to resolve alleged problems. The same page reports fewer program cuts due to duplication at the three state universities. Page 5B reports Information Resources Inc selecting its first president and CEO.
The Vikings trade away a large portion of pick assets to land All Pro running back Herschel Walker. Iowa's Ray Thompson aims to fill the big guard vacancy left by Roy Marble as the basketball season continues.
A lighthearted jab notes a college football coach resorting to using students on the roster due to a weak lineup. The gag plays on the idea of an inexperienced squad stepping into a high level game.
The Justice Department granted the FBI power to seize fugitives overseas without foreign consent. The move could affect cases like Manuel Noriega, who faces federal drug trafficking charges in Florida. White House officials plan crisis management reforms and tougher action against Noriega amid a June 21 Barr opinion reversing Carter era limits.
Nobel Prize winner Tom Cech, an Iowa City native and 1970s to early 1980s RNA enzyme researcher, shares $469000 with Yale’s Sidney Altman. The University of Colorado Boulder scientist rose from Cedar Rapids fairs to global science acclaim, with potential cancer and viral-defense implications.
Gary W. Fisher of Monticello says he is persecuted by the news media after the Iowa Board of Optometry Examiners found no unethical acts with female patients. The two day hearing concluded he engaged in no misconduct and exonerated him completely.
Davenport. Defense lawyers for Jeffery Hass allege prosecutors used images to inflame jurors and seek mistrial motions. Judge Van Zimmer denied the motions, allowing photos of Leah Warn’s crime scene from Hass southeast Cedar Rapids apartment. Hass, 19, faces first degree murder in Warn’s May 7 strangulation. The trial moved to Scott County on venue grounds.
Nicki the 5 year old miniature schnauzer barked to wake owner Bill Cafcules 74 rural Grinnell saving him from a house fire. Cafcules barely escaped with slippers pants and Nicki as firefighters from Grinnell Scarsboro Kellogg battled a blaze that engulfed the residence.
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