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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1983
Page
3
A fragment notes a guest-grabber for TV's Nightline and a 50th anniversary gathering for NBC pages dating to 1933 at Rockefeller Center. Mentions Ken Howard and Regis Philbin as attendees and hints at entertainment coverage across pages.
A Kirkwood Community College board member backed the idea that community colleges offer flexible low cost routes to train technical personnel for the military during a Thursday hearing on the Skilled Enlisted Reserve Training Act. Metro page 9C.
Iowa Democratic Chairman David Nagle remains firm on preserving the first-in-the nation caucus status and will accept a federal court ruling. He did not rule out appealing if the court backs the Feb. 27 date sought by others.
Nancy Schirm of St Luke's Hospital enlists nationwide support for free doll birth certificates tied to Cabbage Patch Kid craze. Since November 29 nearly 10000 certificates mailed, with requests from England and Germany. $2300 donated to cover printing and mailing. Hospital plans to repeat if public memory lasts.
Cedar Rapids Public Library trustees were shown a new computerized catalog and circulation system using VT220 terminals costing 538,500 funded by the Hall Foundation and Metropolitan Cedar Rapids Library Foundation. The system will enable cross-branch availability, electronic checkouts, and on-demand holds with automated due dates.
City council and IDOT commission must still approve the plan after staff agreement on First Avenue East viaduct repairs. The Gazette notes a forthcoming council vote Wednesday and promises corrections space for accuracy concerns.
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