26 Jul 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1988
Page
1
The Curious Shopper highlights Iowa City food scene with features on outdoor dining options in Coralville and nearby areas. Creative catfish dishes draw attention as locals explore seasonal menus and market fresh ingredients.
Baseball scoreboard shows the Giants defeating the Dodgers 3 to 1 in a day with no other MLB games scheduled. Other results list the Yankees 3 Brewers 2 Red Sox 2 Rangers 0 Angels 2 Athletics 1 in the metro section.
A light weekday quip notes if you feel at rope's end you are not a bell ringer. The joke plays on the visual of ringing bells and hanging on in daily life with a playful twist.
Iowa's corn harvest shows improvement after rain and cooler week. Only 5 percent remains very poor, down from 17 percent the prior week, while 2 percent is excellent and 25 percent good. Soybeans also show gains with 4 percent excellent and 44 percent good.
Franklin County farmers donated three semi trailers of hay delivered to Trinity United Church of Christ near Marengo. Twenty six farmers waited below as hay bales seven high were moved to pickups and hayracks. Trinity pastor Robert Loffer led the aid effort amid a dry spell since Mother's Day.
President Reagan said it is time to talk with Iran about freeing the nine American hostages in Lebanon if Tehran is willing. White House aides stressed the US will not negotiate for the hostages, while Iraq announced it would withdraw its last troops from Iran after a brief offensive ahead of UN cease fire talks.
John Thorton of Farmersburg allegedly stole eight vehicles over a weekend, starting in Garnaville Clayton County, wrecking a car north of Charles City Floyd County, then fleeing on foot, before ending in a Butler County bean field. Police traced his run through Floyd and Butler counties as he swiped six more cars with keys left in ignitions.
A 2,500 acre Yellowstone forest fire neared Old Faithful with two other blazes within a mile of a closed hotel. Total Yellowstone fires day added up to about 40,000 acres in the park as drought and low precipitation persisted. Fires raged across Wyoming and neighboring states with Alaska reporting 53 active fires.
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