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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1992
Page
2
Bob Greene recalls Bounceland, a 1963 summer thrill out on the Three-C Highway where teens paid 50 cents for a half hour of bouncing on worn rubber sheets. He contrasts those memories with modern bungee jumping, noting the nostalgia and the simpler dare of his youth.
The Benadryl maker Warner-Lambert established a toll free line at 1-800 524-2624 to answer patient questions about allergy medicines. A medical professional will field calls to keep the public informed after the government urged Marion Merrell Dow to warn about dangerous heart risks when Seldane is used with certain other drugs.
The Cedar Ra Gazette promotes agriculture by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle, with drop boxes at City Carton, econofoods, and Hy-Vee. Established in 1883, Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401, circulation rates listed for carrier, motor route, and mail subscriptions.
The Gazette corrects an AP error identifying WOI TV general manager as Robert Helmers in Thursday’s report. The Gazette responds to complaints about accuracy fairness and completeness of reports and headlines and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space. Phone 398 8313.
A poll asks readers whether they favor incineration of medical waste over landfill disposal, recording 108 responses and reflecting local attitudes toward waste management.
Weekend magazine lists Lindale-Summer sidewalk sale in the malls and a Cedar Rapids recycling truck at Hy-Vee on Mount Vernon Road from 10 am to 2 pm. Clear glass containers, brown paper bags, and metals are requested. plastics guidelines noted. Meetings include the Benton County Board of Supervisors at 9 am in the Courthouse and a 7 pm Postville school board interview for principal candidate Dan Stehn at the Mott Building.
Andrew L Shapiro summarizes American rankings in health, education and society in the early 1990s. The United States leads in total health spending but lags in public health funding and teen biology test scores amid high abortion rates and other adverse measures.
Researchers identify CaMKII as a learning gene. Howard Hughes Institute neurobiologist Charles Stevens notes that mice lacking the gene struggle with spatial learning in a water maze, while other learning forms remain normal. Two Science papers by three groups report the finding, with implications for brain function and future therapies.
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