Iowas Weather Partly Cloudy Windy Warmer
Partly cloudy and windy with warmer temperatures across Iowa. Highs in the 50s to 55. A chance of rain tonight with a low around 40. See page 10A.
27 Mar 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1988
Page
1
Partly cloudy and windy with warmer temperatures across Iowa. Highs in the 50s to 55. A chance of rain tonight with a low around 40. See page 10A.
DETROIT AP Jesse Jackson captured Michigan's caucuses by nearly two to one over Michael Dukakis, giving him a delegate plurality and boosting his challenge to front-runner Dukakis. Richard Gephardt finished poorly, signaling possible withdrawal. Dukakis swept North Dakota and gained Iowa momentum.
Montague, 28, battles 50 picketers opposing his plan to run an adult bookstore in a former state liquor store in downtown Cedar Rapids. A self described provoker with a tacky sense of humor, he vows to persist despite protests and personal risk while recounting a career that started in movie theater work.
A light quip notes if time is money then many people buy do it yourself books to save time yet still spend hours reading. The joke plays on the paradox of DIY guides promising efficiency while consuming time.
Reporter Nancy Stevens describes Iowa rural EMS facing funding and volunteer shortages amid a decline from the 1970s television portrayal. She notes federal spending 1971 1981 bought ambulances and trained EMTs, yet many services struggle today to match depicted speed and capacity.
The Gazette surveys Iowa emergency medical services and asks why volunteers quit while presenting a map of EMS coverage. Green marks paramedic services with defibrillators and IV, blue shows advanced EMT services with defibrillator and IV, black also marks advanced EMT IV equipped, and red marks basic EMT services with defibrillator.
Ken Stults of University Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City argues automatic defibrillators save lives with studies claiming 25 percent of cardiac arrest deaths could be prevented by prompt defibrillation. He notes 75 percent of Iowa ambulances lack defibrillators and urges review of training requirements and broader trauma focus.
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