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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1986
Page
2
The author recalls learning to drive at sixteen with his father in a 1941 Pontiac at Rouge Pools. The lesson ends in a chaotic skid and a dad soaked in stern instruction. Decades later the narrator reflects on teaching his own children to drive and the lasting impact of his father’s method.
Phil Smith of Cedar Rapids built a thriving woodworking business with annual sales surpassing $1 million over the past two years. The Cedar Rapids entrepreneur expanded markets and investor interest as he grew a niche in fine wood products.
Farmers increasingly rely on satellite dishes to tap into orbiting communication systems and gain access to a wider range of television programs. The trend sits in the farm and agribusiness section as a technology note on page 1E.
Gerard Letourneau president of Airstream Inc. targets broader buyers with the Argosy travel trailer line and contemplates RVs priced under $15,000 expanding into less affluent markets.
Judith Krantz uses her Good Housekeeping background and early writing efforts as the foundation for her fourth bestseller I'll Take Manhattan. The work mirrors her debut trilogy setup and is slated to become a television miniseries.
Grain cargoes bound for eastern markets are increasing as more and longer trains roll through the area. Railroad representative Rudy Grahn says the added traffic is a small price for growing commerce, with delays possible in the near term.
Alan Jay Lerner, famed lyricist and librettist of Brigadoon My Fair Lady Camelot and Gigi, died Saturday of lung cancer at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. He was 67. He had been ill about five months and hospitalized two months. He is survived by wife Liz Robertson and children Jennifer Liza Michael.
The Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church will host an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday June 22 celebrating the 25th anniversary of Cedric Lofdahl's ordination. A Satur day’s Gazette correction notes it misreported the date and promises apology and clarification in this space.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company operates daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class mail at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail options with AP rights and postmaster address.
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