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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1987
Page
2
A narrator in Iowa greets a talking robin on a snowbound morning. The bird debunks migration myths and jokes about robins, lint in nests, and human signs of spring while commenting on feeder shortcomings and winter’s end.
Marie D Walters of Keokuk files a Johnson County District Court suit against the state claiming negligent University Hospitals surgery left 114 inches more skin on one side. Her husband Donald also seeks undetermined damages arguing he lost a healthy spouse.
Linn County horticulturist Patty Peterson says last weekend's cold may dent bloom on fruit trees with apricots hit hardest at 90 percent crop loss as apples show minimal damage. She notes tulips and daffodils not yet emerged should escape major harm while strawberries and roses avoid impact. Statewide winter kill estimates are 3 percent for major forages with six percent oat sowing and fertilizer use up to 21 percent as forecasts call for warming midweek.
The University of Iowa will participate in an eight center five year trial on carotid endarterectomy versus aspirin to prevent stroke, with an $11.6 million NIH grant. UI researchers will receive about $500,000. Separately, a five year skin disease study at UI aims to understand barrier properties in fatty skin materials, funded by NIH and NIAMS with lead investigator Dr. Donald Downing.
John C. Stoner 65, former mayor of Norway, was killed when his station wagon part time school bus collided head on with a straight truck about 8:20 a.m. on Benton County Road E-66. Stoner had dropped two special education students in Blairstown and was returning to Norway. Kevin A. Miller 29 of rural Norway drove the truck. no injuries or charges were reported.
Iowa City area incident on the Iowa River left two men injured. Mark A. Petersen pleaded guilty to hunting method violations and no hunting license, paying 97.50 in fines. Larry D. Kramer faces terrorism and firearms by felon charges, trial set for April 20.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions by carrier 2.60 weekly. by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 11.80 for 4 weeks 128.20 for 52 weeks. International rates 161.00 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. Postmaster: address changes to Cedar Rapids Gazette P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Ia 52406.
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