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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1998
Page
7
A Yellow Cab driver was robbed last night in southwest Cedar Rapids near 76th Street and Sixth Avenue SW. Police say she was injured and taken to Mercy Medical Center with non life threatening injuries. Suspects fled before officers arrived and the amount taken was not disclosed.
The Linn-Mar school board accepted two bids totaling 621 650 for construction materials for the high school project. Bradley Ironworks of Dubuque won 238 400 for structural steel and Pro Firm of West Des Moines won 383 250 for pre cast wall panels. Superintendent Joe Pacha said other parts of the project would be reviewed to keep the total under budget. About 90 percent of site work is bid. remaining bids are due September 10. Construction aims for December 1999 completion.
Margaret Hanna, 69, learned she was missing from a televised news story aired Sunday. She called Belle Plaine police from a West Des Moines motel to say she was safe, after a friend grew worried when Hanna failed to arrive at her home and a call from a Des Moines grocery store was disconnected.
Connie Humpal, 50, was injured Saturday morning when her arm was caught in a loading machine while loading square hay bales at a barn in Anamosa. She was reported in good condition Monday at University Hospitals in Iowa City.
County Engineer says the 227 foot iron bridge over the Wapsipinicon River on Otterville Boulevard, built in 1876 and on the National Register, may be relocated by air to Fredericksburg Chickasaw County for use as a pedestrian bridge in a park if the Iowa Department of Transportation approves.
The Indian Creek Nature Center receives a 300000 gift to restore a historic wetland between Otis Road and the Union Pacific tracks west of the center. The project will remove 5 to 6 feet of sediment, divert Bena Brook into the wetland, build walkways and a waterfall, and aim for completion by fall 1999.
Jessica Blough mother of Mercedes Blough 2 will not testify in person at Sean O Geary murder trial. A portion of Blough's deposition will be read to the jury after Linn County Judge Remley quashed her subpoena. Blough, 18, faces later trial on felony child neglect charges in Mercedes death. Prosecutor Dillard will read part of Blough's deposition and O Geary's attorney Hammond will read part for the record. Bite-mark evidence linked O Geary to the injuries.
Cedar Rapids industrialist Howard Hall used his Hollywood weekend to shoot 16mm behind the scenes footage from Gone With the Wind. The rediscovered clips show Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in costume as producer David O. Selznick chats nearby. The film is part of Hall's large collection being preserved with private sponsorship and reissued on modern formats.
Two Kenko Inc workers Jim Shores and Jeff Walls were injured when a steel plate weighing 700 to 1,000 pounds slipped into a 30 by 30 foot pit at the Napoleon Lane Gilbert Street sewer lift site. Walls was treated and released. Shores in fair condition. Rescue crews used baskets and ropes to remove them from the pit. The incident occurred near Willow Creek interceptor work. city policy after a prior May accident prohibits riding on moving dump trucks, but no action was planned for this accident.
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