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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1985
Page
3
Former Iowa Governor Harold Hughes backs a bill requiring insurance companies to cover chemical dependency treatment in group policies. He tells a Senate panel that recognizing alcoholism as a disease would aid treatment access and awareness.
A national group founded by a Roosevelt relative asks elderly readers to send 10 dollars to protect Social Security and Medicare. The mailing now avoids earlier misstatements about Medicare borrowing, but officials warn it still alarms seniors and may imply congressional endorsement. The group plans automatic renewal and touts an 850000-member base with 8.5 million dollars raised last year.
A House State Government Committee vote favors banning cold carry-out beer starting July 1 to curb drunken driving. The bill, tied to raising the drinking age to 21 to protect federal highway funds, would require warm beer for carry-out and expand dram shop liability, with uncertain prospects ahead.
Rand McNally’s 1985 Places Rated Almanac ranks Pittsburgh as the No 1 city in the country, surpassing Atlanta and Boston while labeling Yuba City as the worst. The study rates 329 metropolitan areas across nine categories, with New York City suburbs and San Francisco also high. Iowa cities like Des Moines fall mid pack and Cedar Rapids ranks 228th.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette details its establishment by The Gazette Company in 1883, daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa, with subscription rates for carrier and mail services and a note that AP news is exclusive for local republication. Postmaster address changes to The Gazette Company P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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