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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1990
Page
3
Researchers say mixing alcohol with cocaine creates a third brain-targeting substance that may heighten euphoria and contribute to unusual overdose deaths. The work also notes a 21.5 fold higher overdose risk among those with severe heart disease when alcohol is added to cocaine.
Washington analysts say Congress will not fund more bailout money, delaying closure of over 300 failed or near failing thrifts. Costs estimated from 250 to 400 million for a three month delay, with some analysts predicting up to 2.5 billion, complicating deficit reduction goals.
William French Smith, confidante of Ronald Reagan and first attorney general, died of cancer at 73 in Los Angeles. A Navy veteran and personal attorney to Reagan, he helped shape the administration’s civil rights stance and laissez faire antitrust approach while guiding the president’s business investments. He chaired Reagan’s kitchen cabinet, alongside John Dart and Walter Annenberg, and died at USC Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital with family by his side.
A divided Minnesota Republican Party rushes to select a new gubernatorial candidate after Jon Grunseth quits amid sexual misconduct allegations. Arne Carlson pursues a write-in to claim the ballot eight days before the Sept. 11 primary, but conservatives fear his liberal stance may depress turnout against Gov. Rudy Perpich. Frank Graves cites growing pressure to back Carlson, while anti-Carlson forces face limited options to defeat Perpich.
The Supreme Court paved the way for a Tacoma woman to sue Trooper Steven Ostrander after she says he stranded her in a high crime area the night she was raped. The court also left intact a ruling denying a $750,000 award to a Cleveland-area transit-park rape victim and refused to reinstate it.
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