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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1988
Page
1
Today’s Chuckle Haberdashers Gaffe Down Over Your Head
A light joke notes humor from haberdashers attempting to go over a customer's head. The quip plays on hats and higher aims, delivering a simple pun about fashion and wit.
What Cheer Sits Over Old Coal Mines Ahead of New Sewers
What Cheer, Iowa faces subsidence as earth shifts over abandoned coal caves. Engineers probing for bedrock holes dropped into old mines while planning sewer lagoons. Geologist Paul VanDorpe notes ongoing risk of potholes, cracked foundations, and waterline breaks.
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Coal boom drew forebears of today's citizens to mines
Earl Nelson recalls digging coal in the 1950s to get mud while Alton Grudgings ran one of the last What Cheer coal operations until 1942. The brothers dug tunnels tall enough for Grudgings’s 6 foot 4 inch frame but shale ceilings pressed low. Earlier settlers and the railroad spurred mining along Coal Creek.
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Iowa congressman Dave Nagle announced his plan to seek a second term in the 3rd District. He pressed deficit reduction and expanded education aid, urged health care reform, and pledged miltary spending cuts. He cited farm relief and criticized Reagan era briefings on Honduras.
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