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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1988
Page
2
A columnist muses on modern ads from Kaypro T shirts and logo cups to car decals and dealership nameplates. He notes the shift from paid billboards to consumer worn branding and wonders about its social impact and consumer agency.
The Gazette corrects errors from Sunday coverage naming Erwin Lowe as a tour guide with Grant Wood Country Tours run by Kathy Bearce. Incorrect contact appeared for Hiawatha's Hog Wild Days and a separate correction policy phone is provided.
The FAA will change the SUX code for Sioux City’s Sioux Gateway Airport after complaints from Iowa lawmakers and local officials. Officials say the exact new three letter code and timeline are undecided, with safety and cost concerns previously cited.
Des Moines man Krexel Knox Jr. faces first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse charges in the June 3 1987 slaying of Elise Gillam 57 at her home in Cedar Rapids. Testimony planned as opening statements await jury selection. investigators cite a neighbor assault and blood evidence linking Knox to Gillam.
University of Iowa freshman Brian Honnold, 19, faces a misdemeanor cruelty to animals charge after parachuting his pet gerbil from Slater Hall on May 4. The gerbil required rescue after being dropped several times and spending the night in a tree. a May 25 hearing is pending in Johnson County Magistrate's Court. If convicted, he could be fined up to $100 or jailed 30 days.
A Cedar Rapids Shrine Circus employee reported a 3 foot leather elephant headband was stolen from an unlocked box in a fenced lot on Third Street NE near the Five Seasons Center. The headband is black with a white central star.
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