Pentagon slows contractor payments to October amid cash squeeze
The Pentagon delays supplier payments until October due to a cash shortage as the fiscal year ends. Officials say bills will be paid closer to 30 days after receipt, prompting concerns over lost interest, borrowing needs, and industry disruption.
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Washington
Pentagon
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The
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Forklift Wedged Under Overhead Support on Waconia Avenue
Police and onlookers watched a forklift become jammed under a concrete steam line support in the 1300 block of Waconia Avenue SW on a Saturday. Driver Charles Harris 26 of Blakesburg was injured and listed in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after the noon incident. Damages to the forklift and steam line owned by ADM Corn Sweeteners were minor.
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Waconia Avenue
Charles Harris
Blakesburg
ADM Corn Sweeteners
Harris
St. Luke’s Hospital
State agency OKs certification rules for AIDS testing
Iowa's Board of Health adopted rules requiring state certification for laboratories testing for AIDS. The move followed a report predicting 1988 cases would be slightly above last year. Through 1988, 32 cases have been reported in Iowa with an expected total near 45 for the year.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Board of Health
LaVerne Wintermeyer
Wintermeyer
Traffic deaths fall after Iowa age limit rise
A 42 percent drop in traffic fatalities among 19 to 21 year olds followed Iowa raising the drinking age from 19 to 21 in 1986. The DOT counts 50 deaths the year before the change and 29 in the year ending June 30, 1988, amid broader federal pressure and ongoing legislative debate.
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Ames
Iowa
DOT
Retinal cell transplants in rats hint at human therapy
Two teams' rat studies transplanted healthy pigmented epithelial cells into degenerated retinas, stopping photoreceptor death and delaying blindness. Researchers caution replication in monkeys before human testing, but predict possible human trials in five to ten years. Noted experts from Baylor College of Medicine and UC San Francisco praise the breakthrough.
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New York Times
NEW York
Joe Hollyfield
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Matthew LaVail
University of California
San Francisco
Experimental Eye Research
James Turner
Linxi Li
Bowman Gray University
Winston-Salem
N.C
Peter Gouras
Turner
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in The Gazette Se and published on Sundays in Cedar Rapids Iowa. This notice lists mailing rates by carrier motor route and mail plus subscription terms and post office address for changes.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Cityline
Teleconnect
Iowa City
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