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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1983
Page
14
Obituaries and memorial notices for Leonard V. Goetz and Rose B. Rottocil, with multiple other bereavement details. Includes dates for services, cremation or burial, and arrangements by local funeral homes. Also lists survivors and memorial contributions.
Irene M. Barron formerly of Cedar Rapids died Friday at Arbor View Health Care Center in Madison Wisconsin. Services pending at Stewart Funeral Home. Mary Law 77 of Geneva Towers died Saturday night at Cedar Rapids Fifth Avenue Care Center. Services pending at Brosh Chapel.
Multiple notices report deaths across East Iowa including James V. Lord of Milan Illinois and formerly Atalissa area, Lucille McDowell DeLattre of Galesburg, Herman Keidel of Los Angeles, Lorena M. Myers of Iowa City, Anna M. Walter, Donald Duane Smith of Hopkinton, with service plans and survivors listed. Additional details cover burial sites, hospitals, and local funeral homes.
Violet M. Longseth 68 died Friday at Good Neighbor Home. Survived by four sons Stuart Argyle IA Kenneth Cedar Falls Neil Story City IA Lynn Washington MO a sister Mrs Loren Court Tracey Calif a brother Raymond Glen Washington state and seven grandchildren. Services Monday 10 a.m. Shelly's with visitation after 9 a.m. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Also Grace Zobel 69 died Saturday Marshalltown Area Community Hospital services pending at Harrison's.
The 1700 union workers at Wilson Foods Corp. Cedar Rapids plant face wage and benefit reductions after the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Base pay drops from 10.69 to 6.50 per hour along with cuts to health and dental insurance contributions and vacation time. Union leaders meet today to discuss the cuts amid management claims the move will align wages with industry norms.
U S Senator Roger Jepsen of Iowa says a reelection bid in 1984 would likely cost about 3.5 million. He spoke at the Iowa Broadcast News Association convention but has not formally announced. He expects to decide early in 1984 and predicts little primary opposition. His remarks referenced public sentiment and Reagan's grain trade talks with the Soviet Union.
In Perry Iowa representatives of Oscar Meyer and the United Food and Commercial Workers reached a tentative deal to keep the Perry meatpacking plant operating for three more years. Workers agree to a wage cut from 10.69 to 8.19 per hour plus a lump sum bonus averaging about 11 000 dollars per worker based on seniority.
One year ago British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher chaired a crisis cabinet meeting to discuss Argentina's seizure of the Falkland Islands and possible responses.
The body of Linda Bentley a 17 year old Sioux City girl missing since March 4 was found in the Big Sioux River. Police say a preliminary autopsy will be performed with the cause of death not yet determined. A suspect description centered on a 25 year old man about 5 6 with dark hair and a bushy mustache.
FAA investigates four recent air traffic control mishaps over the last month linked to Aurora Illinois with near mid air collision over Cedar Rapids involving a private jet and a United Airlines 767. Other incidents include a DC 10 and a military transport near Ottumwa Iowa City and a TWA 707 miscleared into a holding pattern above Lake Michigan near O Hare.
Antonio Monroig of the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development will discuss housing discrimination and remedies at an Equal Rights in Housing seminar Thursday at 7 p m in the Amana Room Iowa Hall Kirkwood Community College. Admission is free.
April 22 and 23 notices list several births including a son for Linda and James Chambers and outros for Anne Suggs Marsha Heidt Jeri Maas Bambi Tritle Theresa Becker Susan Murphy. Fire and medical emergencies follow with times and locations across the city.
A reflection cites Jean Rousseau noting a feeble body weakens the mind. The quote is attributed to a French philosopher and echoes classical ideas about health and intellect.
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