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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1990
Page
3
Congress passes a budget package adding a passenger departure fee of up to 3 at airports and a 10 percent ticket tax increase. Airlines must retire their noisiest jetliners by decade's end, with round trips possibly costing up to 12 more. The measures aim to raise over 1 billion annually.
Bargainers for the United Auto Workers and Chrysler Corp. faced a stalled path to a new three-year national contract as a midnight deadline approached. Talks continued from late Saturday night into Sunday to cover about 63,000 U.S. workers, with roughly 10,000 Canadian employees under a recently negotiated Canadian auto workers deal.
Squirrels hunting acorns forced Wheaton Regional Park to close a popular playground. Two children were bitten and a man bludgeoned to death one animal after it annoyed him. Yellow crime tape and a warning sign framed the scene.
Republican Jon Grunseth announced he is withdrawing from the Minnesota governor race after a woman alleged an affair with him during his marriages and reports of nude swims with teenage girls. Campaign chaos followed weeks of pressure and conflicting statements.
The Parkview Hilton, a 16 story glass faced hotel in Hartford, was imploded Sunday after Chase Enterprises failed to find a buyer. About 10 000 spectators watched from Bushnell Park as 60 pounds of dynamite toppled the vacant structure at 7 30 a m. The site may become United Technologies Corp headquarters amid a regional economic slump.
Iraq scrapped a five day old gasoline rationing program and dismissed Oil Minister Issam Abdul Rahim Chalabi. Saddam Hussein appointed his son in law Hussein Kamel Majid to lead the Oil Ministry. A Moscow envoy delivered a message from Mikhail Gorbachev after meetings in Baghdad.
Striking reporters and photographers at the Daily News stay on picket lines amid questions about the call. Paul LaRosa says the strike should continue with no point returning. The paper has published three days during the walkout while plans exist to hire permanent replacements.
Dozens of letters from members of Congress to savings and loan regulators are missing from an official file kept by the Office of Thrift Supervision. The letters, mostly from lawmakers on behalf of constituents, also show some urging on behalf of S&L operators who contributed to campaigns. The OTS keeps thousands of letters alphabetically and makes them available by appointment. one entire file is known to be missing, per OTS director Nancy Cohen.
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