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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1981
Page
1
Index A Good Day for Shopping Cart Wheels
A lighthearted line notes that a smooth shopping day unfolds when all wheels on a cart roll the same way. The quip implies efficiency and calm in routine errands, reflecting everyday shopping momentum.
Doomed miners found after Colorado blast at Dutch Creek No 1
Fifteen coal miners were found dead after an explosion at the Dutch Creek No. 1 mine in Redstone Colorado, ending a search that began Wednesday afternoon. The cause remains under federal investigation with MSHA closing the mine. victims appeared to have died instantly, as families gathered nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redstone
Colo
Dutch Creek
Colorado Rockies
Marvin Meyers
Mid-Continent Resources Co
Aspen
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mid-Continent
Mary Boland
Boland
John Reeves
Ramona Luna
Eleanor Castilleja
John Ayala
Time running short for tax credit supporters
Time is fading for Iowa Republicans to finance property tax credits as Gov. Ray opposes freezing funding. Senate leaders Hultman and Branstad push to raise the appropriation to 204.4 million, aiming to cover homestead, agriculture land, and other credits, risking local tax hikes if the extra funding is not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
House
Senate
Rep
Larry Pope
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Hultman
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Apartment blaze kills at least six in Kansas City
A smoky five alarm fire in the 10 story Westport Central Apartments killed at least six people and injured 35, including six firefighters. The 180 unit brick building housed mostly senior citizens with an average age around 60. Evacuations totaled over 60 residents by rear ladders as flames filled the structure shortly after 2 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fire Department
Harold Knabe
Jim Treece
Westport Central
Treece
Knabe
3-pound Cedar Rapids baby comes home in style
Wendy Boivin weighing 3 pounds 5 ounces arrived at Cedar Rapids airport at 10 41 am in a red carpet departure. Born March 24 at Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge Illinois she traveled from Chicago to Cedar Rapids for care at St Luke's Hospital. Wendy will remain in the neonatal unit about a month as she gains weight and strengthens feeding. Pediatrician Dr Julie Thomas says she is a healthy baby but needs time to grow and is tube fed until she can feed normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ette
Ward Tim Trosky
Karen Weber
St. Luke’s
Wendy Boivin
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Judy Boivin
Karen Utzen
Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge
Ill
Wendy
Ken Boivin
Boivins
Ken
Sherman St
O’hare
Ozark Air Lines
St. Luke's Hospital
Julie Thomas
Dr. Thomas
Thomas
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