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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1983
Page
3
The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in Boone Iowa operated by volunteers made its first trip last week. It travels up to 10 mph and runs no more than 3 miles from town with no rail connections. The inaugural voyage filled all seats.
A Cedar Rapids Time Check report by Howard R. Green Engineering notes sewer inflow causing overloading in Time Check area on the northwest side, with some contribution from outside the neighborhood.
Tests show no preliminary TB results yet for a Linn County Care Facility resident suspected of TB. Final results may take four to six weeks, per county health official.
Greyhound Bus Lines halted 60 percent of intercity service as workers walked out in a strike over wage cuts. At Cedar Rapids Ground Transportation Center, 150 job seekers arrived for ads mistakenly directing them to the center, while Greyhound directs applicants to its 16th Avenue depot.
In Anamosa and nearby towns, estates distribute large sums to community projects and schools. Roy Lawrence leaves 500000 for a city center, Margaret Dallas bequeaths 500000 for Tipton scholarships and kinder garten programs, and Louise Hink provides 400000 for Tama library construction. Other towns receive sums for church or municipal needs. Local attorneys note these bequests favor community uses over distant charities.
A Gazette correction notes that Steven J. Klein of Cedar Rapids was not formally charged with drunk driving after a September motorcycle crash. the Linn County Attorney's Office did not file the drunk driving charge and the paper will publish corrections when reports are wrong or misleading.
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