30 Sep 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1991
Page
1
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra opened its season with two Romantic pieces including an Iowa composer’s work and a stirring performance of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4. The review appears on page 5B.
The national report on education titled America 2000 is issued today. Iowa’s report card is due Tuesday. Grant Wood Area Education Agency administrator Ron Fielder reviewed several educational reports and notes broad agreement but no guidance on funding school changes. Details on page 5B.
GE Capital, a General Electric unit, develops computer software that scientifically targets customers to recover overdue payments. The program aims to optimize reminder timing and methods to increase collection efficiency.
Desmond Howard, Michigan wide receiver, is highlighted as college football’s 1991 glamour boy though Michigan fell to Florida State. Iowa faces Howard this Saturday as coverage notes his rising star status.
The Gazette champions sustainable printing by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle papers in collection boxes at City Carton, econofoods, and Hy-Vee locations in Marion.
Employers including Caterpillar Deere Mayo Clinic and Health Policy Corporation Iowa explore selective contracting with doctors and hospitals to curb rising health costs. Deere plans a John Deere Family Health Center with Mayo Clinic support and central purchasing pilots expand in Des Moines area. HPCI and HMO Iowa advocate broader employer participation in health care purchasing.
A van struck a tent at a campsite near Camanche killing Ernest Friis 29 Kathy Friis 31 and their two children 9 and 5. Driver Jason Van Scoyoc 18 faces four counts of vehicular homicide and possible extra charges while investigators consider alcohol as a factor. Two other occupants were uncharged. In a separate incident in Humble Texas a 14 year old boy died and two teens were injured when a car struck campers on a rural road as they tried to stay warm.
EPA data show 1992 car fleet averaging 27.5 mpg, down from 27.8 in 1991, the worst since the mid 1980s. Top model Geo Metro XFi 53 city 58 highway. Lamborghini Diablo 9 city 14 highway. Lawmakers eye a 40 percent efficiency rise in a decade amid industry pushback.
William Manteuffel, or Shane Emery, or over 30 aliases, is wanted in three states for pilfering narcotics by posing as a rock star. He feigned injuries at hospitals in Cedar Rapids and Idaho Falls to obtain opioid drugs, leaving bills unpaid and facing multiple theft charges.
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