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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1979
Page
6
The Linn County planning group and DeLeon Cather officials opened a long awaited metro rail study with a plan to deliver a concise report. The 3 phase study aims to define problems and objectives, forecast costs, and identify funding sources while coordinating input from railroads shippers officials and residents.
Congressman Tom Tauke and conferees remove a Senate added restriction that would have cut CETA funds for Linn County and the 2nd District. Tauke cites five years of CETA impact with over 5,000 Linn County participants and a $6 return per dollar. Cedar Rapids council approves a Linn County Cedar Rapids joint CETA Manpower Program consortium agreement after earlier disputes over local sponsorship and rule changes.
Linn District Judge Robert Osmundson ruled that Cedar Rapids detective reports do not contradict Kandee Jacoby's murder trial testimony. Jacoby, convicted of manslaughter in May 1976 for her husband Douglas Jacoby's Jan 3 death, may face appeal only on this point if any inconsistency is found. On this date in 1977, Francis Gary Powers died in a Los Angeles weather helicopter crash.
Police reported a stolen endloader valued at 12000 dollars from a site at 18th Street and F Avenue NW. The machine owned by Dave Schmitt Construction had been left after 5 40 p m Monday and was driven out onto 18th Street according to tracks observed.
Target date for completing the study is June 1, 1980. The study will cost $176,700, of which 90 percent is to be paid with a federal grant. That grant was held up for six months by red tape, causing a good deal of consternation among railroad committee members.
The death of Katherine Ann Menzel, 23, at 512 Longwood Drive NE was ruled a death by own action by Linn County Medical Examiner Percy Harris. She died instantly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home on Sunday. Funeral home notes said she had a brief illness prior to death.
Cedar Rapids fire officials and Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric reps warn of exposed underground gas lines in backyards due to shifting soil. Plastic pipes feeding outdoor lamps and grills can crack and leak gas into homes, prompting calls to fire department or gas company for inspection.
Thomas A Beamish, 35, of 132 38th St NE, was arrested early today and charged with drunk driving. He also faced a speeding charge after a stop at 2 20 a m on Center Point Road NE, south of Blairs Ferry Road.
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