The Loneliest Road in America Nevada Highway 50
Gus Schrader recounts a Nevada journey along Highway 50 from Baker to Carson City and Lake Tahoe. He notes the desolate alkali deserts, sparse services, and the paradox of fast travel on a two lane route. Stops in Austin reveal mining towns and Stokes Castle landmark amid vast open spaces.
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Cedar Rapids
Vancouver
British Columbia
Alaska
America
Johnny Cash
Nevada
Silver State
Sagebrush State
Baker
Carson City
Lake Tahoe
Eureka
Pittsburgh
West
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reno
Denver
Fallon
Nev
Berlin
Austin
Stokes
Ansom Phelps Stokes
Commitment to the future The Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces subscription options including carrier pricing at 2.85 per week and motor route 3.35 per week. Mail editions offer seven issues weekly with 12.80 for four weeks and 141.40 for 52 weeks, with longer terms for U S territories. Post address changes to Cedar Rapids Gazette Inc. P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
Cedar
U.S
Gazette
Ae Pecationes Ce
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O. Box
Inmate moms may keep kids at new Des Moines unit
Iowa Board of Corrections approved a $1 million Des Moines residential facility for female offenders that would allow mothers to keep preschool children with them. The pilot aims to aid up to eight families and integrate with broader community corrections expansion planned for 1991.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Mitchellville
Iowa Board of Corrections
Waterloo
Johnny Brown
Cedar Rapids
Jeanette Bucklew
State Department of Corrections
Bucklew
Fort Des Moines
Broadlawns Hospital
Iowa City
Hope House
West Union
Mason City
Davenport
Burlington
Sheldon
Department of Corrections
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
29Th Avenue
11Th Street
Controversial 30th St Drive project revived
Cedar Rapids Planning Commission recommends approval of Mike Odell's plan for 36 single family homes along 30th Street Drive SE near Cedar Rapids Country Club. The council has final say after earlier rezoning and mixed neighbor concerns over traffic and site woodlands. The meeting also approved a southwest side 24 fourplex development despite drainage worries and a separate duplex condominium proposal near Mount Vernon Road and 40th Street SE.
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Jeff Burnham
City Hall
Repeter
30Th Street Drive
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Cedar Rapids
Odell
Tama Street
Corporate Tower Development Inc
Max Bartlett
Johnson Avenue
West Post Road
Commission
al Wells
Mount Vernon Road
40Th Street
Wells
Lee Wells
Cedar Rapids considers 2060 Partnership loan for downtown site
Cedar Rapids City Council weighs a 525000 forgivable loan to 2060 Partnership formed by Ryan Construction and 2001 Development for a 13 million office and retail complex at Third Avenue and Third Street SE. The loan hinges on repaying an existing assessment and includes two guarantees. Don Hart of Minneapolis inspectors calls Ryan Construction solid and functional.
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Ryan Construction Co
Don Hart
Minneapolis
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Ryan Construction
2001 Development Corp
Third Avenue
Third Street SE
Montrose
Partnership
Minnesota
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Dubuque
Jim Burke
Ryan
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Corrections Board
30Th St. Drive
Center Point
Broadway
Leo C. Peiffer and
YWCA
Fifth Street
Fourth Avenue SE
Ywca Capital Campaign
Hibbing
Hart
International Centre
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis City Council
Jack Crimmens
Minneapolis Community Development Agency
EBY
St. N.E
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