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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1986

Page

16

Abandoned Caboose Graveyard Delivers Glimpse of Rail Era

The Harrisburg area hosts over 300 Conrail cabooses in Rutherford yards once vital to coal and steel shipments. Once beloved by crews for living and working space, the cars now decay or are sold off, with some converted into homes or kept by collectors like Joe Woltcheck who aims to save them.

Pennsylvania Croyle Harrisburg Rutherford Conrail Cleveland Bridgeport Charlie Sludden Bill Barrett Altoona Joe Woltcheck Duncannon Woltcheck

Religious broadcasters face cuts amid fundraising slump

The article notes faltering contributions to conservative religious causes as Oral Roberts and Jerry Falwell address budgets and pay, with Roberts' network cutting 41 jobs, trimming $24 million, selling stations WYAH TV WXNE TV and KXTX, and Falwell noting rising costs despite stronger TV and radio reach.

Robertson Christian Broadcasting Network Oral Roberts The Tulsa Tribune Roberts Tulsa Oral Roberts University Rancho Mirage Calif Beverly Hills Falwell U.S Willis Robertson Perent Associated Press Washington Jeffrey Hadden University of Virginia Ronald Reagan House of Representatives Senate Old Time Gospel Hour Liberty University Wyah-Tv Portsmouth Wxne-Tv Boston KXTX Dallas Hadden

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