30 Oct 1990
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1990
Page
1
The mythical Texas trio ZZ Top played to a sold out crowd of 10 000 last night at the Five Seasons Center. The concert featured a striking visual display and drew praise from fans. See review on page 3B.
A wandering moose in northwest Iowa moves south toward the state interior while a second moose 70 miles northeast near the Iowa border is observed. Locals gathered near Sutherland to watch the first moose in a cornfield as a dog chases another in southern Minnesota.
Senator Tom Harkin announced the signing of Cedar Rapids foreign trade zone legislation, but the bill had not yet been signed. Details appear on page 4B.
A University of Iowa football squad known as the Boom-Timers must surrender their game T-shirts after KGAN-TV awarded them violating NCAA rules. Full details are on page 1D.
American Express fears losing customers as AT&T enters credit card market with its own long-distance program. Details appear on page 6D.
A humorous note jokes that the key difference between a college and an insane asylum is the need to show improvement to earn release. The quip plays on institutional expectations and backhanded irony.
Senate inquiry led by Sen. Charles Grassley finds discrepancies between public statements and DIA records, with hundreds of living POW MIAs alleged to remain captive in Southeast Asia as late as 1974. Officials had claimed no POWs existed after 1973, while Laotian and Vietnamese custody is cited as ongoing.
President Bush signaled willingness to order an attack on Iraq without Congress. Gorbachev urged restraint and floated an inter Arab parley under Saudi sponsorship as Primakov reported shifts in Saddam's stance. Paris also saw 263 French citizens freed from Iraq Kuwait captivity aboard a chartered 747. Baker hinted at possible new US actions.
West Liberty dentist Dr. Carol Moreno invites children ages 4 to 15 to exchange Halloween candy for cash from 9 a.m. to noon at 303 N Spencer St. The event, Halloween Health Day, offers 50 cents a pound up to $5 per child, plus a dental screening, a toothbrush, stickers, and popcorn.
David R. Good, 43, former Pattison Bros. controller, pleaded no contest to misappropriating property and a fraudulent entry totaling more than $5,000. The plea covers all embezzled funds over ten years. nine counts of theft were dismissed. Sentencing set for December 17 at 1:30 p.m. Good faces up to 20 years and $20,000 in fines.
Scientists create mice with tiny human organ tissues such as lungs and livers to study human viruses in living tissues. The models, including one with fetal-derived organs, aim to test antiviral drugs and infections from AIDS and cancer viruses. Dr. J Michael McCune leads the organed mice project in San Francisco. another model uses adult human blood cells by Dr. Donald Mosier in La Jolla.
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