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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1990
Page
2
Gus Schrader vents about Florida life in winter, from endless drawbridges and insurance-less crashes to No-See-Ums and palmetto cockroaches. He mocks Florida supermarkets with kid carts, checkout quirks, and cashless grocers, contrasting them with Iowa tastes and traditions.
Iowa historians dispute UNI estimates that arsenic in embalming fluids could contaminate groundwater. Loren Horton of the Iowa Historical Society notes many 1800s burials were non embalmed, especially in rural areas, and stresses uncertain risk given limited embalming adoption before 1900.
Iowa earns 17th among states on a 28 point environmental survey by the Institute for Southern Studies and two environmental groups. Senate and House members from Iowa receive varied grades. Tom Harkin ranks 17th in the Senate, with Leach the top Iowa House member at 55rd overall.
Correction notice clarifies that dedication ceremonies for the new Kennedy High School gym are scheduled for 3 30 p m today. The Gazette acknowledges errors in Tuesday editions and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space, with contact by phone.
Ronald Beadle, 28, of 129 West Post Road NW, died at St. Luke's Hospital at 3 10 a.m. Tuesday from injuries from a Sunday head-on collision in the 3900 block of F Avenue NW. A second driver, Charles Thurston, 73, of 658 Wilson Avenue SW, died of his injuries about early Monday. Beadle's family donated heart valves bones and eyes for transplant.
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