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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1990
Page
3
George Gilmore, 44, was executed by injection at 12:10 a.m. in Potosi for the August 1979 murder of 83 year old Mary Luella Watters. He had death sentences for three other killings and a life term for a fourth.
Milwaukee County officials consider a program that would pay housing utility and food costs directly to vendors or through government appointed intermediaries, reducing recipients' discretionary cash as a anti fraud measure. A separate Chicago area report notes a lightning disabled radar may have limited forecast ability for deadly tornadoes across Tornado Alley causing 27 deaths and over 300 injuries.
Fort Bragg sergeant Roberto Bryan, a 19 year Army veteran of the 82nd Airborne, was found innocent of unpremeditated murder for killing a Panamanian at a roadblock during the 1989 invasion. He testified he acted to protect his team and plans to return to duty.
A study by Dr. David Sheps finds that heart patients cycling in carbon monoxide rich air show more ventricular arrhythmias than in clean air. Researchers warn urban joggers may face such risks and advise avoiding high pollution exercise areas along highways.
Health officials released a preliminary national fee schedule for 1400 common procedures as part of a multi year effort to standardize Medicare payments. The plan uses a relative value scale accounting for time overhead and costs to raise primary care fees and curb surgeon and specialist payments. A final system must be ready by January 1 1992 with no current national standard and wide variation in payments across doctors.
A Harrisburg report from AP notes a study of 160000 people within ten miles of Three Mile Island shows higher cancer risk but no solid evidence that radiation from the 1979 accident caused cancers. It finds no link to childhood cancers or leukemia, while noting isolated lymphoma increases not tied to radiation. Funding came from a $700000 health fund grant.
The 198 pound solar powered Sun Seeker is close to finishing its seven week journey from California to Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Eric Raymond, a former hang gliding champion, continues to pilot the ultralight powered by solar cells with the motor used only for takeoff and landing. Strong headwinds slowed progress with a prior boom damaged during a failed Lordsburg takeoff and a later repair in Lake Elsinore California.
Fresno grew from 218,202 people in 1980 to an estimated 350,794 in 1990, a 61 percent rise. Officials cite annexations and a large Southeast Asian refugee influx, boosting the city from 65th to 47th in size while shaping housing and infrastructure needs. Mayor Karen Humphrey notes the growth tests preserving quality of life in the central Valley.
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