24 Oct 1992
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1992
Page
1
A large under construction warehouse in Coralville is set to serve as a distribution center for Amana Refrigeration and could generate up to 50 new jobs. Details appear on page 6C.
Today at 5 p.m. is the final cutoff to register to vote for the November 3 presidential election. Auditors’ offices in all counties will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for in person registration.
Vice President Dan Quayle is slated to visit Iowa on October 31 with two Iowa cities under consideration. Des Moines is excluded as President Bush plans a Des Moines visit, and an exact site will be announced next week by Bush-Quayle campaign officials in Des Moines.
A lighthearted quip suggests the quickest improvement comes from playing with someone who cannot add. It pokes fun at math skills while keeping the golfing theme.
On November 1 1991 Gang Lu killed five people and injured another on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. The date remains remembered as a day of fear and shattered trust in community memory.
Coralville collector Herb Staub, 41, has spent 12 years studying and trading University of Iowa homecoming badges. He values items from $1 to over $600, with a rare 1943 badge made of cardboard due to wartime metal shortages. Staub unveiled a limited 500‑badge 50th anniversary edition, selling about 100, ahead of the Iowa vs. Purdue game at Melrose Avenue booths. He notes strong interest from alumni and collectors, and hopes to locate more original pieces at next year’s Class of 43 reunion.
Washington Post ABC poll shows Bush Clinton gap narrowed to eight points among likely voters with Clinton at 42 percent and Bush at 34 percent Perot reaches 20 percent his highest share since August The piece notes Clinton leads in the Electoral College but Bush gains from debate performance and campaigns through key battleground states as airwave advertising efforts intensify.
Eau Claire County filed a civil suit to reclaim 59139 in AFDC payments made to Char Zeu Xiong and Kang Yang Xiong who won a 100000 Powerball prize Oct 14. The county cites Wisconsin law allowing recovery of welfare benefits and notes AFDC was received 1985 to 1992.
John Kuivenhoven says he underwent six years of AIDS treatments without an HIV test and now claims $2 million in arbitration damages. He asserts Kaiser misdiagnosed pneumonia as AIDS while his health and life plans were ruined.
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