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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1983
Page
5
A proposal to borrow 45 million in road funds to bolster the state treasury could delay up to 70 million in road projects. IDOT officials spoke to a legislative committee on Friday, per State 4A.
Eastern Airlines and its unions announced a truce on Friday avoiding a potential shutdown. Continental Airlines meanwhile resumed bargaining with employees as a weeklong strike continued, signaling renewed talks.
Federal officials said there is no way to determine ownership of payment in kind grain once it leaves the elevator and they will not handle quality complaints after the delivery date. One official advised farmers to be at the elevator when receiving PIK grain to check quality. Farm page 10B.
Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa blasts federal drought relief guidelines as woefully inadequate. He compares them to a partially reaching ladder when someone is on a burning building ledge, highlighting insufficient help for farmers.
Roger Ulrich ages 38 Thomas Beasley 25 and Donald Balsley 42 survived ten days adrift in an 18 foot boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Ships passed close by without offering help despite their cries for attention and dwindling supplies before being picked up by the freighter Leslie Sykes near Port of Houston.
Television commentator Jeff Greenfield canceled his Cedar Rapids appearance at Coe College where he was slated to speak twice next week. He cited an illness in his family as the reason for the cancellation.
A 40-year-old Hiawatha woman, Rosalie Muenzenmeyer, was arrested after a Friday early-morning pursuit on Interstate 380 near 42nd Street. She faced multiple charges including drunk driving, attempting to elude, interfering with official acts, possession of marijuana, speeding, and disobeying traffic signals. No officers were hurt though police and patrol cars sustained damage. Muenzenmeyer was released from Linn County Jail without bond after an initial court appearance.
Peatsy Hollings will campaign in Linn County Monday for Sen. Ernest Hollings and meet Cornell College Young Democrats at 7 40 p m on Mount Vernon campus. The Gazette will publish corrections if reports are found wrong.
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