Cedar Rapids Airport awards $1000 grant for sculpture
Cedar Rapids airport officials grant $1000 to a sculptor planning The Grand Picnic. Details on page 1B.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1990
Page
2
Saintly shirts Nuns march into business
Two nuns from Miami Shores Florida launch a line of T shirts and posters featuring the Virgin Mary St Francis of Assisi and other saints to promote Catholic values and offer a religious alternative to Bart Simpson culture Sister Kathy Hollywood and Sister Lorraine Hale of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary conceived the idea while researching Catholic schools and student role models.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Miami Shores
Fla
Bart Simpson
St. Francis of Assisi
Kathy Hollywood
Lorraine Hale
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Jesus
Saints
Madonna
Bart
In good shape Iowa not recession bound
The keynote speaker at the Norwest Business Trends luncheon in Cedar Rapids says a good quality of life will help Iowa avoid a coming recession. Details on page 6D.
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Norwest Business Trends
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fry nearly became Miami coach in 1979
Hayden Fry had a strong chance to assume the head coaching role at Miami in 1979. The details are reported on page 1D.
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Fry
Miami
Hayden Fry
Harvest Slowed as Cool Weather Delays Corn
The ag department cites cooler than normal conditions for a delayed corn harvest, leaving progress behind the usual schedule. Details on page 10D.
Money Talks Joke: Loans Don’t Listen to Your Requests
A witty quip notes money talks but will not listen when you seek a loan. The line playfully contrasts financial power with the difficulty of securing credit.
Felon charged in murder of girl in Iowa
Stanley Liggins 28, a Rock Island resident and felon, faces first degree murder charges in the strangulation and burning of 9-year-old Jennifer Ann Lewis. The victim’s body was found Sept. 17 behind Jefferson School in Davenport. Liggins, previously free on a child abuse case, was jailed in Illinois on a cocaine charge and remains in Rock Island County Jail as Iowa authorities coordinate charges. The girl was killed the day before what would have been her tenth birthday. Police allege kidnapping occurred in a Rock Island neighborhood and the body was set on fire.
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Davenport
Rock Island
Ill
Jennifer Ann Lewis
Jefferson School
Stanley Liggins
Lewis
Scott County
Bill Davis
Liggins
Illinois
Polk County
Davis
Rock Island County
Iowa
Amana Farm Progress Show Draws Farmers for Technical Exhibits
The Farm Progress Show opens in Amana drawing nearly a quarter million visitors focused on nuts and bolts agriculture. Organizers emphasize field demonstrations of implements chemicals seed varieties and techniques, with Iowa Illinois and Indiana hosting in rotation for the 38th edition.
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Tman
Amana Colonies
Monte Lesker
Wallace
Farmer Magazine
Lesker
Paris
Herb Plambeck
Amana
Gorbachev Granted Broad Powers to Reform Soviet Economy
The Soviet Parliament gave President Mikhail Gorbachev power to implement a free market system by decree through March 1992. Lawmakers also tasked him with merging three reform plans into a single blueprint and keeping order amid fears of food shortages and protests.
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Cox News Service
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
UN opens with sharp Iraq condemnation over Kuwait invasion
World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly decried Iraq as a warlike state for invading Kuwait. Saddam Hussein vowed to fight for a thousand years to retain the oil-rich emirate. Francois Mitterrand warned of potential global anarchy if aggression continues.
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Gazette Wire Services
U.N. General Assembly
Iraq
Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
Francois Mitterrand
Eduard Shevardnadze
Bush
Washington
Saddam
Oil prices jump near forty as Gulf crisis rattles markets
Associated Press and Gazette report oil futures rise to about $40 per barrel on Monday. Wholesale unleaded gasoline and home heating oil jump over $1 per gallon amid fears of a Persian Gulf war impact. Iowa analysts expect some slower growth but not a severe national effect. employment growth may dip about three quarters of one percent.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Philip Dodge
Nomura Securities International Inc
Iowa
Charles Whiteman
University of Iowa
Institute For Economic Research
Whiteman
Richard Ney
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