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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1983
Page
3
Iowa lawmakers will reconvene in January to revisit allowing private wine sales in grocery stores. Wine wholesalers have long pushed for loosened laws, but gains this year by lobbyists may change the odds. The report notes related items on state and national pages.
More than 300 shoppers from at least three states endured 20 mph winds and 35 degree cold to buy 16 inch Cabbage Patch Kids at Zayre in Concord. Police watched lines after reports of chaos elsewhere but no incidents occurred. Dolls priced 17.99, down from 23.99, with tickets issued for entry to manage stock and time.
Corvallis seventh grader Tei Gordon supplies climate data to 50 corporate clients including J C Penney and General Mills. Using government figures delivered weekly, Tei translates degree day data into usable reports for energy conservation in hundreds of buildings, earning over $2,000 annually and forecasting rapid growth.
A campaign aims to sign up as many as 5 million poor people when they visit welfare offices for benefits such as food stamps unemployment and health care The plan backed by 16 social service groups would enlist government workers as part time registrars to boost registrations before the 1984 election. The drive led by the Human Service Employees Registration Voting and Education Campaign has tested in New York City enrolling 42000 new voters at clinics and centers.
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