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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1983
Page
4
Sweltering heat and a delayed opening caused a long line of recipients at a southeast Cedar Rapids commodities distribution site. A shoving incident occurred and a woman fainted from the heat as neighbors waited.
The attorney for James Wendall Hall seeks a reversal and a new trial claiming evidence implicating another suspect was suppressed during the murder trial of a University of Iowa student killed in 1973. Metro-Iowa, page 10C.
The Civilian Conservation Corps plans a 50th reunion for Companies 1756 and 781, gathering Sunday at Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point. Attendees will reminisce and inspect the park they built in the early 1930s. Metro-Iowa, page 100.
National Public Radio reached an agreement in principle with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to obtain an $8.5 million line of credit and a survival loan. The deal transfers title to NPR satellite equipment to three public trustees to protect creditors while NPR stabilizes finances.
A Iowa suit filed in Polk County District Court by the Associated General Contractors of Iowa and other groups questions the constitutionality of a $15 million interest free loan program to acquire Rock Island Railroad right of way. They argue the measure bypassed required debate and two thirds votes, seeking a declaratory judgment and an injunction to block transfers from the road use tax fund to the Iowa Railway Finance Authority.
Bob Thomson leads a wild edibles foraging walk through Cedar Rapids on First Street SE with Indian Creek Nature Center sponsors. Garnet Mader Nancy Alleman Mary Analover Sandy Denton and Chuck Hogue join as they identify pepper grass pods and seeds with garlic like flavor, showing wild foods in urban spaces.
Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids and Marengo Memorial Hospital join the Mercy Association a buying consortium to cut costs and share services. Marengo remains city-owned with full autonomy while gaining access to Mercy Purchasing Group buying power and network resources.
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with second class postage. Subscription by carrier 1.95 per week and by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 9.20 four weeks 95.00 52 weeks with regional restrictions. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local AP news.
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