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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1988
Page
22
Postal customers may buy First Class stamps from bank cash machines in a SeaFirst Bank assisted test in Seattle. The program explores feasibility of dispensing stamps via ATMs using debit cards and envelopes likely to be First Class.
A 1988 wave of disability aware design shows in a museum exhibit and product catalog. Firms showcase sports gear, wheelchairs, crutches, and assistive utensils to widen active living for people with disabilities, signaling changing attitudes and broader industry interest.
A reader quiz tests knowledge of employee rights with six scenarios. Questions cover vacation promises, assignment to multiple supervisors, protections against retaliation for discrimination claims, demands to run personal errands, equality of pay and title, and pregnancy dismissal rules. Answers indicate which actions are legal or illegal under U.S. employment law.
Midwest Living reports MSU Turfgrass Center findings. Joe Vargas cites daily one tenth inch watering as producing healthier lawns than weekly soakings. Frequent light sprinkling supports beneficial soil microbes and combats lawn fungi.
The article warns most headaches come from stress but some signal serious issues like infection or brain bleeding. Experts note daily headaches, disruption to work or sleep, worsening pain, migraines, or accompanying fever or stiff neck require caution and medical advice.
In Wilmington, Harry Corless, chairman of ICI Americas, contrasts corporate raiders with patient capital. He backs a patient capitalist approach, citing ICI's Atlas Chemicals acquisition in 1971 and a rise in UCI US sales from 200 million in 1971 to over 3 billion today.
A video directory of educational tapes is released by R R Bowker as public libraries build video collections and retailers push non theatrical videos. The note highlights how home buyers and new projects turn to video for guidance from first aid to moving, wedding planning, and painting.
Gary Lynch, 38, heads the SEC enforcement division guiding the biggest securities law crackdown in history. His team charged Drexel Burnham Lambert, Michael Milken and others with schemes tied to Boesky, signaling tougher insider trading laws and tougher compliance across Wall Street firms.
Edward H. Anderson of Yorba Linda Calif named Suggester of the Year at the National Association of Suggestion Systems conference in Orlando. His ideas at Hughes Space and Communications Group saved about 22 million in 1987 with 15 000 hours annual labor saved and lighter satellites trimming launch costs. Hughes total cost savings reached 75 million.
This week features Senate consideration of the U S Canada Free Trade Agreement with a vote expected Monday evening, a minimum wage bill, and a parental leave measure. Commerce Department growth data and various labor reports are planned through Friday with Polaroid and Shamrock tender action on Thursday.
The schedule lists multiple Cedar Rapids area meetings including Eastern Iowa Purchasing Management Association Bosses Night at Elmcrest Country Club and a mini seminar at the Roosevelt Hotel led by Darrell Spivey. Other groups meet at Bonanza, Kirkwood Estates, Longbranch, and Collins Plaza with speakers on leadership psychology and personality inventories. Additionally money rates are reported with currency figures and Treasury bills.
A federal judge in Baltimore blocked Quality Inns International from using the McSleep Inn name, ruling it infringes McDonald's trademarks. The decision labels McSleep as likely to cause confusion with McDonald’s and notes plans to rename the chain Sleep Inns. Groundbreakings were planned in North Carolina and Nova Scotia with up to 200 Sleep Inn motels by 1991.
Rand Corp. researchers say settling wrongful termination disputes out of court yields better net results for both workers and employers. The study notes plaintiffs often pay lawyers a large share of winnings, with median pay around 74 500 for successful suits and 30 000 when losses are counted. It also traces the shift from at will firing to limited corporate discretion across states.
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