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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1986
Page
2
Jordanian King Hussein announced the end of a year long joint peace effort with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat aimed at achieving accord with Israel. The decision comes as U S World, page 4A.
Iowa Racing Commissioner says backers of the Polk County thoroughbred track are close to marketing 40 million in industrial revenue bonds issued over a year ago while equity remains short at 3.5 million. Officials discuss lease approvals and potential bond underwriter talks as the project seeks financing since 1984.
An ironworker's wife Shirley Kimberl and two children James Kimberl Jr and Kimberly Kimberl are jailed on conspiracy and kidnapping charges after the father said they tied him to a basement bed for two months and tried to induce pneumonia with cold water and a fan. The mother faces kidnapping and attempted murder charges. the children face conspiracy to kidnap. A third child Kathy was not charged. The case was sent to a grand jury after testimony at a preliminary hearing.
The University of Iowa joins 9 other sites in a $60 million Very Long Baseline Array project to study distant galaxies. VLBA will link antennas across the United States using atomic clocks to create ultra sharp images, with the Iowa antenna planned to begin construction in 1988 or 1989.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company. It publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions: carrier 2.25 weekly. motor route 2.75 weekly. mail 10.40 for 4 weeks 110.00 for 52 weeks. Foreign mail 140.00 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. Associated Press rights noted. Post changes to P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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