Amtrak Zephyr derails in southern Iowa injuring 126
A California Zephyr passenger train struck a Burlington Northern crane on a siding near Russell Iowa injuring 126. The No 6 train carrying 250 people was eastbound to Chicago when the collision occurred after a switch was misaligned investigators assess crew signals and switch alignment while hospital officials report most injuries non life threatening with several workers among the injured.
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Tom Simpson
Washington, D.C
Federal Railroad Administration
Simpson
Amtrak
Lucas County Memorial Hospital
Chariton
Bill Bruce
Des Moines
Barbara Riggs
Riggs
Lucas County Memorial
Rosa Mettleton
Muscatine
Barbara Bush
Creston
Terry Cowan
Ankeny
Marie Woodman
Burlington Northern
Yvette Brown
Richard Maple
Marciniak
California Zephyr
Lucas County
Marion’s free leaf bags prove popular and cost saving
Public Services Director Erv Mussman notes the Marion bag program started in 1982 with 6 000 bags and, as leaves fall, the 50 000 bag supply may run out. The initiative shifts to regular trash pickups, saving money and reducing equipment use while residents help clean up the city.
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Marion
Public Services
Erv Mussman
Mossman
Mussman
John Bender
City Hall
Public Services Shop
35Th Street
Linn County budget tops unchanged for property tax rise
Linn supervisors announce no budget increases from property taxes for 1988 89. Departments may raise only via user fees grants or state reimbursements while health insurance costs and bargaining proposals loom. First drafts due Nov 20 and county medical examiner hours billing rises to 80 per hour after 25 hours monthly. Cedar Rapids election canvass totals listed.
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Nancy Stevens
Linn County
Linn
Jean Oxley
Percy Harris
Harris
Rinas
Cedar Rapids
Canney
Cortez
Wilhelm
Cedar Rapids Public Safety
Bergen
Jaeger
Mayer
Schlie
Removal of trees prompts CR man to threaten suit
Cedar Rapids resident Eugene Wislsel contends that trees were removed beyond the site plan as a health care center planned by the Zazzas and Melshas advances. The Linn County Board of Adjustment voted 3 to 0 that the extra tree removal did not alter the project, and Wislsel warned of legal action.
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C.R. Man
Heather Sloman
Woodinzazette City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Wislsel
36Th Ave
Linn County Board of Adjustment
Jack
Mildred Zazza
Robert
JoAnne Melsha
Zazzas
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Vislsel
City Planning Department
Chip Hughes
Vislisel
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Southgate Ct
33Rd Avenue
Sixth Street
Interstate 380
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Amtrak Zephyr
Iowa
Russell
Chariton Hospital
Bruce
Mayme James
Richard Dillon
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Bill Maurer
James
Dillon
Maurer
Florice Messamaker
Pella
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Gazette
Todd McIntorf
Rick Skogman
Skogman
Joe Rinas
Steve Moshier
General Services Department
Richard M. Nixon
Hollywood
John F. Kennedy
New York
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
Montgomery Ward
MasterCard
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