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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1990
Page
1
Jackie Reiter delivers a special welcome for Catholic women at a religious gathering. The event highlights inclusive outreach within the community and reflects ongoing outreach to Catholic parish members.
The Iowa Department of Education proposes an assessment center to develop testing methods beyond multiple choice or standardized exams. Details on page 6B.
Danielle and Paul Hurley portray brother and sister in the stage adaptation of Pippi Longstocking in Iowa City. The two perform this weekend at Hancher Auditorium with real life sibling dynamic shaping their on stage chemistry.
A Des Moines based group launches an AIDS education program tailored to Hispanic culture. Details on page 14D.
The Dow rose for a second consecutive day gaining 68.07 points as oil and interest rates fell, trading volume reached 221.48 million shares. Analysts call it cautious good news amid a recession-plagued economy.
At Hillcrest Residence Hall University of Iowa a student sank onto a sink causing it to pull from the wall and flood the room. Repairs cost about 400 dollars for the sink and related work while carpets were dried by maintenance staff residence assistants and students.
Iowa's top insurance official says no Iowa headquarters firms face trouble and have limited junk bond exposure. Public Citizen had listed five major insurers as potentially vulnerable, but Lyons and the firms deny imminent insolvency. The study cited risk reserves and investment liquidity, with bailout concerns if a major insurer collapsed.
Fifteen towboat pilots supervising nearly 120 barges waited at Lock and Dam 11 after a gate broke early Thursday. The 65 ton gate settled 10 inches into silt due to a fractured 1 750-pound anchor bar. Cranes from Rock Island and Lock and Dam 9 will lift the gate and install a new anchor, with 24 to 48 hours needed to clear the backlog once repairs finish.
Washington negotiators opened intensive talks on a five year budget package aimed at a 500 billion deficit reduction. President Bush signed a stopgap to avert a weekend government shutdown and urged progress as Democrats and Republicans weighed tax and gas tax concessions.
A humorous note links rising gasoline prices to the impracticality of reducing air pollution for the average person. The quip suggests financial barriers limit environmental action and daily life remains burdened by fuel costs.
In Washington the Senate battle over a civil rights bill escalated as Senator Grassley clashed with Senator Hatch over the measure. Grassley, upset by hiring quotas, urged veto and stormed down the aisle while Hatch attempted to calm him. President Bush vowed a veto. Grassley had opposed the bill on quotas.
A Friday decree in Iraq requires all foreigners in occupied Kuwait to register with local authorities by November 5. Noncompliance carries legal penalties. The move comes amid ongoing sanctions and gas rationing tied to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2.
Sen. Pell distances a claim that a backward coded word appears in Persian Gulf speeches. An aide, C B Scott Jones, asked Defense Secretary Cheney about a recurring word heard when speeches are played backward. The word identified is Simone.
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