Central City board expels three youths over vandalism
The Central City school board voted to expel three students accused of vandalizing school property. Details appear on page 1B.
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Central City School Board
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1990
Page
2
Rockwell loses NAVSTAR GPS contract bid
Rockwell Collins has lost a bid to continue producing NAVSTAR Global Positioning System equipment, a military contract valued at about $500 million. Details appear on page 1B.
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Rockwell-Collins
Gas prices rise in Cedar Rapids amid Persian Gulf tensions
Local stations lift regular prices to 139 and premium to 149 to 153 per gallon as oil costs climb. College Sunoco owner Gordon Teggatz plans a 5 cent overnight hike after oil buyers raised barrel prices, saying the move hurts consumers more than his profits.
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Persian Gulf
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Teggatz
College Sunoco
First Avenue
13Th Street SE
Teggatz
Argentina bound Iowa railroad bid decision due soon
An Iowa City railroad company bidding to operate Argentine rail lines expects the winning bidder named within a week. The article notes details on page 6C.
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Iowa City
Argentina
U of I Football Tradition Breaks in 1950 Trip
In 1950 the Iowa football team traveled to Florida to play the University of Miami. The game broke a Southern football tradition, with details on page 1D.
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U of I
Florida
University of Miami
Sign on Groom’s Car Sparks Lighthearted Wedding Moment
A joke captioned sign on the couple’s wedding car read Under new management as they drove away from the ceremony, capturing a playful postnuptial moment. The line drew smiles from onlookers and framed the exit with humor.
Bush orders oil sale from U.S. reserve
President Bush announced the sale of 5 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to quell oil price spikes amid the Persian Gulf crisis. The move, urged by analysts and some lawmakers, aims to stabilize markets and curb speculation as crude nears forty dollars a barrel.
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Gazette Wire Services
Bush
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
White House
Congress
Iraq
Kuwait
Secretay Yeutter sounds cautious on ethanol and farm aid
U S Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter warned at the Farm Progress Show in Amana that Congress is unlikely to extend the ethanol tax break before adjourning and that soybean income supports in the 1990 farm bill face tight budget pressure. He promoted a new conservation program and campaigned for Jim Nussle in Cedar Rapids.
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U.S
Clayton Yeutter
Kenneth Rasch
Amana
Yeutter
Bert Kreitiow
Wazette
Amanas
Cedar Rapids
House
Jim Nussle
Nussle
Delaware County
Twin Women Share One Social Security Nightmare
Two Iowa women Beth Paul of Solon and Mary Ellen Becker of Earlville share a single Social Security number 485 60 12 and have faced tax and records confusion for years. They met in Cedar Rapids and filed their cases with the Social Security office, noting repeated IRS accusations of evading taxes for the other. Each woman has spent years proving she has no accounts in the other’s name, exposing a long lasting identity mix up that spans decades.
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Mary Ellen Becker
Earlville
Beth Paul
Solon
Kurt Rogahn
Cedar Rapids
Social Security Office
Social Security
Dubuque
Becker
Paul
Internal Revenue Service
Mary Elizabeth Becker
Mary Ellen Tauke
U.S
Tom Tauke
IRS
X rating replaced by new NC-17 classification
The Motion Picture Association of America drops the X rating in favor of NC-17 effective immediately. The new rating bars under-17s but avoids the stigma of X, with R PG-13 PG and G remaining. Filmmakers welcome the change hoping fewer advertising and exhibition restrictions apply. Henry & June will be among first NC-17 films resubmitted.
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OS Angeles
Motion Picture Association of —— America
Philip Kaufman
Universal Pictures
Nurse contracts HIV in hospital incident sparks openness
Barb Fassbinder, a Monona nurse, revealed she acquired HIV in 1986 after aiding a patient in Memorial Hospital Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. She and her family spoke with reporters and urged safety gear for health workers, highlighting the risk of infection in rural Midwest care settings.
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Iowa City
Fassbinder
Monona
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David
University of Iowa
Midwest
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