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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1985
Page
3
A brush fire in the Everglades overheated a utility line, cutting power to about 4.5 million residents at noon Friday. Elevators stalled, traffic signals died, and many businesses in four counties closed as the outage spread through the region.
Bruce Gravatt, 33, won Iowa Court of Appeals custody of his three children from Sandra Burau. The court reversed Linn District Court, sending the kids from Winfield Illinois to Center Point Iowa in June, amid medical testimony on psychosocial dwarfism and concerns over support payments.
Iowa lawmakers vow to retain state financing for substance abuse treatment at 100 percent, preventing counties from paying the 25 percent share. Senate Leader Lowell Jenkins says a bill will make the arrangement permanent, with a letter to all 99 counties outlining the plan. Mary Ellis of the Department of Substance Abuse supports it if followed through.
Paul Comer of the Iowa Development Commission says the Come Explore the Heartland campaign generated more than 12,000 information requests from readers in Chicago Omaha and Kansas City areas. The $150000 to $160000 promo, funded with private sector support, seeks to boost visits to Amana Colonies Dubuque Pella Des Moines and 30 more sites. A year earlier ads in magazines produced 7344 inquiries. A follow up survey will measure how many visitors actually came this summer.
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