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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1986
Page
2
A snapshot of Iowa legislative action and local notices. Bills outlaw roadside abandonment of cats and dogs, require kerosene labeling, and a film industry incentive measure gain House Ways and Means support.
Stephane Peyron and Alain Pichavant sail two thirds of a voyage from Dakar, West Africa to New York on a tandem sailboard. They left January 23, crossed to Guadeloupe and the Caribbean, reaching near Miami while planning to ride the Eastern seaboard to honor the Statue of Liberty.
Speaker Don Avenson and IDOT officials say Iowa may raise the drinking age from 19 to 21 to avoid losing federal highway funds. Debates expected with a 55-45 projected split. Wisconsin border concerns noted if Iowa lifts the age.
The Gazette Company based at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 publishes The Cedar Rapids Gazette daily and Sunday with second class postage paid in Cedar Rapids and mail subscription options for Morning Editions and Sunday 7 issues at 10.40 for 4 weeks or 110.00 for 52 weeks. Subscriptions outside certain areas not available and AP has exclusive republication rights for local news. Postmaster address changes to P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406.
University of Iowa physicist Louis A. Frank proposes that small ice comets melted in the atmosphere supply Earth’s oceans, a bold hypothesis supported by some colleagues but met with skepticism by others. The dayglow data from NASA’s Dynamics Explorer 1, launched 1981, are cited as potential evidence.
It states Trent Brooks is a Marion resident at 525 10th St. The Gazette acknowledges possible errors and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space after reviewing reports and headlines. Contact number 398 8313 for complaints about accuracy.
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