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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1983
Page
5
The Cedar Rapids Zoning Committee rejected Bjornsen Investment Corp.’s plan to build a luxury office condominium at the edge of the Plaza East condo property. The move follows Tuesday discussions and ends the effort to pursue the project.
A Vinton native Kim Harford was found dead Sunday at LaGuardia Airport in New York and investigators say she was strangled by her husband in Virginia. Police charged Tuesday. East Iowa, page 14A.
Wilson Foods strike neared settlement but union retracted a news release about a tentative deal. NLRB and Oklahoma City Bankruptcy Court actions cloud prospects as wage restoration hinges on court rulings and a possible NLRB decision.
Cedar Rapids police warn recently widowed residents of con artists who offer to collect and dispose of unused prescription medicines. Assistant Chief James Barnes says multiple complaints describe callers posing as medical groups and citing obituaries to gain access. They seek morphine and other drugs for abuse or resale. victims did not surrender medicines and should contact police.
Western diplomatic sources report the fiercest rebel assaults in two years against the Soviet backed regime in Kabul. Fighting raged nightly last week in the city and suburbs, with reports of attacks on the Daru Aman area and possible ammunition seizures and prisoners. Multiple accounts from Kabul, New Delhi, and Islamabad describe intensified clashes and civilian fear near the Soviet Embassy.
Advertises Morris Plan loans from 5000 to 15000 with no payment due for ninety days. Promises consolidation into a single monthly payment and a first payment after nine days. Provides contact numbers 366-2441 for details.
The IDOT reports 64 portable scales in Southeast Iowa iden tified 136 overweight trucks during a week long program while 848 trucks were weighed at two permanent stations with 44 violations. Fines surpassed 21000 dollars with portable units costing about 207000. Officials say portable scales will recoup costs and reduce road wear. Additional mobile scales will join later this month or in early July.
Corrected details show Scott J. Tjaden 18 of 300 J St SW was southbound on Edgewood Road when he hit a curb lost control and struck a northbound car driven by Scott M. Beckman 21 of Carroll Iowa The two drivers names had been transposed in a photo caption in Tuesday's Gazette A Linn County deputy cited Dale Gericke 45 of Coggon s 12 year old son for driving license and registration violations when stopped on a three wheeled motorcycle June 14 in Coggon The sheriffs department provided incorrect reason for the stop in the June 16 Gazette
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