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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1981
Page
7
State climatologist Paul Waite says conditions look better though drought persists. Western Iowa remains driest, needing up to 7 inches to reach average, while Story County saw about 3 inches of rain last week and central Iowa up to 4 inches.
A Minneapolis backed study finds spiraling gasoline costs reduce Midwestern tourism, with Iowa hit by pass through tourism and travelers staying home. It notes 40 percent drops in some areas during 1979 shortages, smaller venues closing or merging, inflation deepening the effect, and calls for local or regional staycation trends.
Peter Harstad the State Historical Society director will leave July 31 to become a fundraiser for Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato Minnesota. Loren Horton will serve as acting director. A legal dispute over a 400000 endowment remains. Former Sen Abraham Ribicoff is 71 and actor Jean Paul Belmondo is 48.
Leo Donald Frazier 48 of South English died when his single engine Cherokee 180 crashed near Dixon Iowa after losing its left wing. Witness Stan Prine saw the plane fall through clouds with the wing detached. FAA probes another Creston crash that killed two Omaha men, Dennis E. Puchalla 32 and Larry Chelberg 44, on a Piper Archer bound for Des Moines.
Pella Park Commissioner Harold Poortinga says early tulips are not a threat as the city plants both early and late varieties for the Tulip Festival set to run May 7. He notes weather in coming weeks will determine bloom timing and recalls past incidents of wilt from warm humid conditions.
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