Tama to C.R. walk settles bets and dust
Flossie Chamberlin and Dawn Lobdell completed a 41 mile walk from Tama to Cedar Rapids to settle a $50 steak dinner and drinks bet. They left Tama at 3 am Tuesday, averaged about 4 mph in light rain, and were greeted by a cheering procession of passing truck drivers. Their manager George Swaim planned a celebratory ride back to Tama.
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Dawn Lobdell
King Tower
Des Moines
Flossie
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George Swaim
Getty eyes other Iowa dumps for gas recovery
Getty Synethic Fuels Inc plans to survey Iowa landfills to assess methane gas potential for a plant. Officials will bring a test crew to the Cedar Rapids site to evaluate energy output and market demand, with several customers already identified for methane gas.
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Iowa
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Cedar Rapids
Getty Synethic Fuels Inc
Iowa Energy Policy Council
William Taylor
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Taylor
Linn County engineer seeks policy on roadwork landscaping
Linn County road crews tear up roadside banks during paving and grading and residents complain the effort for reshaping and seeding is insufficient. County Engineer Jerry Nelson asks the Board of Supervisors for a written policy, noting current minimal lawn dressing and machine-only work. Supervisors will review and respond next Tuesday.
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Board of Supervisors
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Cedar Rapids
Marion Briefs Burglary and Local Notices
Marion residents report a burglary at 1117 Third Ave with $1 325 in cash and coins stolen in the past four months. The notice also includes thanks from Marie S Rose for prayers and hospital gifts. Public notices list services from Warner Brothers Marion Iowa and a potluck at St Pauls Lutheran Church 915 27th St with a program on Indian Creek Nature Center. Local emergency medical assistance at 1590 Ninth St.
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Third Ave
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
27Th St
Indian Creek Nature Center
Zoning Hearing Planned for Marion Mobile Home Court
The Marion Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing next Tuesday at its regular meeting on a request to rezone 76 acres in northern Marion west of Tenth Street and south of 29th Avenue for a mobile home court.
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Linn judge's action upheld in Browning failure to appear
Iowa Supreme Court upholds Linn County judge L. Vern Robinson's five year prison term for James Junior Browning of Cedar Rapids after he skipped town during the August 1981 trial. Browning pleaded guilty to failure to appear. court cited his prior record and ruled sentence not unconstitutional.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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Cedar Rapids
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Washington State
Robinson
Marion offers fifteenth free baby sitter course
Marion police and fire departments with Red Cross sponsor a free baby-sitting school now in its 15th year. Sessions run 6:30 to 8 p m on Tuesdays Oct 5 to Oct 26 at the Marion Fire Department. Open to youths 12 and older, up to 50 students. Registration at police station or fire station by phone. Certificates awarded on completion.
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