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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1978
Page
8
Iowa DOT says 14-foot wide mobile and modular homes can move on interstate highways to shift wide loads off two-lane primary roads. About 80 percent of Iowa’s 7,000 yearly mobile home moves involve wider units, restricted on Interstates at night and during major holidays, with a combined truck and home length cap of 85 feet.
This Dear Abby column features two letters about risky relationships and a moral reminder. A 42 year old man funds a young model’s life while she keeps him at arm’s length, and a 15 year old asks how to make a casual relationship respectable. The page notes Oran’s capture in 1942.
Small classified notices advertise affordable rates for want ads with daily pricing starting at one dollar. Local merchants and residents can place notices for jobs, services, and items for sale amid a bustling market page.
Twelve persons charged with drunk driving recently received judgments from the First Avenue division of Linn District Court. Individuals include Raymond L. Sickles 19 of 301 G Ave NW and Clark W. Drew 20 of 445 Ninth Ave SW with varied probation revocations and suspended or extended sentences. Six others received deferred sentences or probation, with defendants named and arrest dates listed.
A Cedar Rapids man, Jerry Edmunds, 25, remained in the intensive care unit at St. Luke's Hospital with a fractured leg, pelvic injuries, and internal damage after walking into the path of Linn County deputy Sgt. Donald D. Zeller’s car on F Avenue NW near Fourth Street. The incident occurred as the deputy drove about 25 mph beside a semi trailer. Edmunds was not in a cross walk and the truck driver slowed upon seeing him.
Steven H. McDaniel age 23 of 809 Seventh Ave SW was released from St Luke's Hospital after treatment for a fractured leg. He suffered the injury Thursday afternoon when he lost control of his motorcycle on I-380 near 76th Avenue SW at 1 24 p m.
Des Moines officials cite a smoke explosion as a possible, hazardous trigger for the Merle Hay Mall Younkers blaze that killed 10 employees. Fire officials say the origin of the fire is still undetermined and speculation remains cautious.
Four bus routes will see changes when 20 new buses enter service Monday. Linwood route gets the biggest shift, running from downtown at 5 45 a m every 30 minutes with a long extended path through Second Avenue Sixth Street West 21st Avenue 13th Street Wilson Avenue to 29th Street and back downtown. The other three routes keep their paths but adopt new schedules. An advertisement in the Sunday Gazette will outline all modifications.
The Municipal Transit Authority announces 40 minute headways on the northeast quadrant routes with first morning buses at 5 40 a m from Second Avenue and Third Street SE. An initial 6 00 a m start adds buses every 40 minutes on the Oakland Road Northwood route, previously Miami Drive Extension. Extra peak buses boost Cedar Hills Johnson Avenue service with two more in the morning and two in the afternoon, including 6 15 and 7 15 a m and 4 45 and 5 45 p m runs to provide half hour service during peak windows. Regular hourly service resumes later in the day. Call 365 0455 for details 5 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays and 5 a m to noon Saturdays.
Cedar Rapids Community School District set a Monday work session to discuss a proposed lease of the closed Eisenhower Elementary School at 1800 46th St NE to First Covenant Church, which has 177 members and an average Sunday attendance of 350 to 400. No specifics were issued by Dr Newell Lash as details await board discussion.
In Iowa City the Johnson County Board of Supervisors race remains undecided after a canvass of the November 7 election. Dennis Langenberg led John Dane by six, then four, votes after 67 uncounted absentee ballots were found. 57 challenge ballots may affect the outcome. The challenge board meets this afternoon to decide which ballots count.
A Parade report previews a feature on a pioneering woman who builds a business with ambition and resolve. The piece promises a detailed profile of her strategies, challenges, and impact on her industry.
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