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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1986
Page
11
About 1,000 rats, more than half of UNI psychology’s lab colony, were killed when an air conditioning system failed Monday night. Professor Gordon Harrington said the lab near campus recorded excessive heat, endangering genetic lines used for cancer and alcoholism studies.
The University of Iowa faculty senate leader, Richard Sjolund, warns that the campus suffers from severe equipment and supply budget shortfalls and aging facilities. He notes many faculty have left or will depart, despite a 5 percent raise approved for 1986-87, with a broader need for more funding and improvement.
Oakdale superintendent Duane Brookhart asks to be reassigned within Iowa corrections after being relieved of key duties in February amid a $270,000 shortfall in the fiscal year budget. Rusty Rogerson has served as acting superintendent at Oakdale since then while Brookhart continues to receive a $45,000 salary.
Lawrence Gladson was convicted of first degree murder and robbery for a Sept. 13 Newton grocery store holdup in which a police officer was killed. Sentencing set for April 21 with a mandatory life term for murder and 25 years on each robbery count. Accomplice Dennis Lamar to be tried next month.
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