Officials unaware two billboards broke city ordinance
City regulators did not realize that a pair of 28 year old billboards violated regulation C R until a complaint surfaced. Details appear on page 1B.
29 Sep 1990
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1990
Page
1
City regulators did not realize that a pair of 28 year old billboards violated regulation C R until a complaint surfaced. Details appear on page 1B.
Rockwell Collins has received an extension on its $19.5 million work order for Phase Three NAVSTAR GPS user equipment. Details on page 1B.
Bank of Iowa officials are puzzled by unusual stock movement on Friday trading. Details on page 6C.
A survey shows private colleges in Iowa have lower costs than the national average, yet their price increases rose faster in percentage terms. Details appear on page 5B.
Curt Coleman Clark, 22, presumed brain dead after a car crash, showed a foot twitch as doctors prepared to harvest his organs. He was moved from Frye Regional Medical Center to Baptist Hospital where he remained in critical condition.
A joking quip notes that being called the toast of the town implies plenty of bread and upper crust origins, lightly poking at phrase origins.
Gov. Terry Branstad pushes reinstating capital punishment in Iowa arguing danger to life is outweighed by need for deterrence, while Drake University experts warn costs could double. Democrat Don Avenson counters with opposition to the idea amid a tied 1990 campaign and a parole board release of a double murderer.
The Aetna Life Insurance Co., owed more than $9 million on Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel, bought the property at a sheriff's foreclosure sale in Cedar Rapids. The 90 day redemption period allows the former debtor to reclaim, but officials expect the hotel to remain open under receiver Mc Gladrey & Pullen.
The government's index of leading indicators dropped 1.2 percent in August its steepest decline in three years. Seven of eleven components fell including stock prices and consumer confidence, with orders for plants and equipment, unfilled orders, building permits and the money supply down. Weekly unemployment claims rose. Positive factors were slower delivery times and higher raw material prices.
Iowa would lose about 163 million in federal aid beginning Monday if Gramm Rudman Hollings automatic budget cuts take effect. The cuts, 32.4 percent to domestic programs and 35.3 percent to military, hinge on budget summit talks and possible emergency legislation.
Congress and the White House pushed a final weekend effort to secure tax increases and spending cuts to avoid a government paralysis on Monday. Key disputes center on Social Security benefit changes and capital gains tax relief as negotiators work through Yom Kippur with sessions planned for Sunday.
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