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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1998
Page
1
University of Iowa basketball coach Tom Davis seeks a low profile final season, stressing normalcy over accolades as he enters his last year. The column by Mike Hlas appears in the sports section.
Cedar Rapids is named as the preferred location for Penford Products Co. research lab. Bryan Fjelstad of Iowa City has overcome grave injuries to become a champion rifleman. Martha Stewart offers Halloween tips with turnips and luminaria in Accent, 4B.
Moingona Hunt Club members ride through a countryside of Eastern Iowa cornfields in a fox hunt that ends without a fox killed. Recreation page notes the British style trappings appear in local rural life.
The Federal Reserve under Greenspan lowered the federal funds rate and the discount rate by 25 basis points to 5 percent and 4.75 percent amid chaotic markets. The move spurred a stock rally with the Dow rising to 8299.36 as analysts warned further cuts may follow to support growth.
The University of Iowa reports an average faculty pay of 65 520 for non professional colleges, up from 64 200 last year, with the nine month total at 84 573 after including professional colleges. Men earn 70 327 vs 54 774 for women.
The White House and congressional leaders announce a bipartisanship agreement on a $500 billion spending package for schools farms and the Pentagon. The pact ends a week of budget brinkmanship ahead of the Nov. 3 elections with Clinton praising increased school funding IMF environmental programs and teacher hires while Republicans tout limits on federal programs and more local control.
Mason-Dixon poll for The Gazette and KCRG shows Jim Lightfoot leading Tom Vilsack 53 to 35 with 12 undecided among 809 likely voters, margin ±3.5 points. Lead held across all districts, strongest in the 8th, with differing private polls cited by Vilsack team.
A poll of 809 registered voters asks who they'd vote for in the 1998 governor race. Democrat Tom Vilsack leads 48 percent to 40 percent for Republican Jim Lightfoot, an eight-point gap. Lightfoot runs negative ads amid the tightening race.
Iowa troopers used a rouse operation at the Wilton rest area off I 80 to flush contraband from motorists. Signs reading Narcotics Enforcement Ahead prompted exits to trash cans where officers in plain clothes questioned drivers. About 250 motorists were stopped over three days, with 90 to 105 arrests reported by 25 officers and three drug dogs from nine agencies.
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