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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1981
Page
14
Hundreds nationwide send about 70 thousand dollars to 27 burn victims from a Clinton County farmhouse explosion near Welton. Families face long recoveries with several children still hospitalized and ongoing benefits planned to cover medical costs and care.
Donald Kimball, ex Iowa legislator, sues Fayette County and two state workers Edward Harrington and Charlie Tamayo plus their supervisors and the state for 5.75 million dollars. He claims March 1981 and November 1976 reports contained lies and were prepared with malicious intent. He seeks 100k actual and 250k punitive from Harrington and 1.25 million actual and 2 million punitive from supervisors and the state.
Hope Martin Anderson a 39 year old Waterloo resident and Martin Brothers Co. of Waterloo employee is charged with third degree sexual abuse involving a girl aged 13 to 14. He was arrested June 12 after police searched his home and is due in court July 1. The case includes potential phone records subpoenas for calls to and from his residence to Pamida Store Toledo and Patrick Houghton Toledo. The girl has been at the Iowa State Juvenile Home in Toledo.
Des Moines and Raccoon Valley Railway Museum officials say a final lease with bankrupt Rock Island Railroad may occur by week’s end for nine miles of track and West Liberty depot. A $6 000 monthly lease and a $10 000 annual insurance premium are noted amid liability concerns.
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