25 Oct 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1991
Page
1
Fay Marvin Clark, who developed Cedar Rapids farmland into a growing community and helped early residents finance homes, died Thursday in Des Moines. Details on page 1B.
About 30 unprofitable Seifert's stores have been closed or sold and some corporate staff in Cedar Rapids and Washington Iowa may be laid off President C Dudley Brown told The Gazette last night. Details on page 6C.
Alabama the country group formed in 1969 as Young Country will headline Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Opening acts are Ricky Van Shelton and Mark Chestnut. Details on page 4W.
The ninth ranked Regis Royals secured the Wamac Conference title with a 21-0 victory over Vinton last night. Details on page 1C.
Downtown police station saw eager sellers as San Francisco extended a $50 per firearm buyback. The first day exhausted about $9,500, freeing narcotics fund money to resume Monday. Participants included high school students and a man with a 34 gun collection. All weapons will be traced and melted into scrap metal.
The quip notes that many Hollywood figures wear sunglasses to maintain a sunny image. It playfully suggests constant optimism shapes public perception and media narratives around celebrities.
Arlyn Loper, jailed on a 100000 bond in Clayton County for first degree murder, confessed to killing his father Stanley Loper in 1985 after a quarrel. The case hinged on a skeleton found July 7 on a Mississippi River island near McGregor and DNA and gunshot evidence.
An older man, likely retired, holds a $2.8 million Iowa Lotto ticket bought at the Johnson Avenue Hy-Vee in Eastern Iowa. He has not claimed the prize by Thursday close. the winner asked to remain anonymous until lottery officials release the name. The ticket paid $140,000 annually for 20 years after $35,000 in taxes, and the Hy-Vee store collects 1 percent of the prize as commission.
The Senate voted 86 to 12 to hire a special counsel to probe the Thomas leak and related unauthorized disclosures. President Bush urged accountability and urged lawmakers to submit to anti discrimination laws as debate highlighted partisan lines. Grassley supported the resolution while Harkin did not vote.
Los Angeles AP reports Gene Roddenberry the creator of Star Trek died at 70 after a heart attack. He guided the original series from 1966 to 1969 and spawned films and a cultural phenomenon with Trekkies and conventions. Notables include William Shatner Leonard Nimoy George Takei and Paramount’s Brandon Tartikoff.
Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester test hirudin a potent anticoagulant from European leech saliva. The compound aims to stop clot growth within ruptured artery plaques improving blood flow and reducing needs for angioplasty or bypass surgery.
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