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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1988
Page
2
A humorous Iowa column celebrates winter hardships and small-town pleasures. It jokes about cold, car troubles, and Nantucket style grit while praising practical winter recreation and the quirky entertainment of jump starting cars and shoveling snow.
Iowa budget chief Patrick Cavanaugh reports December sales tax receipts up 2.5 percent year over year, aided by Christmas shopping. Overall state revenues rose 10.3 percent to 198.9 million dollars for the month, driven by personal and corporate income taxes, with six month gains of 3.6 percent.
Cedar Rapids KOCR TV will start broadcasting Sunday on UHF 28 and Cox Cable 36 with previews from 7 to 10 p m for a week. Premiere week starts Saturday Jan 16 featuring Fox and syndicated shows and a full schedule including I Dream of Jeannie Hollywood Squares Flintstones and more. Cox warns some cable converters may need tuning at the Cox Cable office if reception is off.
Iowa Lottery launches Cruise for Cash instant scratch-off with over $6 million in prizes from $1 to $500. Players match three dollar amounts on each ticket costing $1. Eight cruise-related symbols win a cruise including air for two, seven nights aboard a luxury ship and $1,200 spending money or $3,600 cash. Odds 1 in 350,000.
Western Pennsylvania reports eased crisis after emergency supplies join. A million gallon oil spill moved downstream to West Virginia and Ohio where officials warned up to a million people could be affected. Ohio Gov Celeste declared a state of emergency for river communities as water service in Pittsburgh suburbs was partially restored.
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