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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1982
Page
2
Obituaries list Robert Cypra and John O Zahn among others, detailing birth dates, marriage, military service, and survivor relationships. Memorial services set in Cedar Rapids, Anoka, Ely, and Cedar Memorial Chapel with burial and memorial fund notes.
Obituaries for Mrs. John McLane 78 Paul Nusser 89 Irving Wirtanen 63 Carl Winkler 79 and Ruth Ott 80 with service times and burial locations at Goettsch's Hoover Valentine Oakland Monticello Wayne Zion Lutheran Oakwood Powell's and Wellman Senior Citizens Center memorials. Visitation details and cemetery plans included.
An escapee from the state penitentiary in Stillwater, Minnesota, named Virgil Hutchinson, and a Delaware County juvenile were arrested after a Sunday high speed chase. They are suspects in burglaries across Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Linn, Jones and Jackson counties. The chase began when a deputy tried to stop a stolen Linn County car on Buchanan County Highway 187. The deputy’s squad car collided with the stolen car in Delaware County. the suspects fled into a cornfield. Hutchinson was arrested about 6 p.m. and the juvenile was later found at a rural Delaware County residence. The deputy was uninjured. Hutchinson remained jailed and to appear in magistrate court.
Aug 22 reports list births for Robyn Hodgins Kathleen Kaiser Vicky Knutson Theresa McCoy Nanette Tollakson and Scott Barnes Anne Sternowski Judy Slater with addresses in Marion. Emergency calls include false alarms at 200 First St SE 1544 B Ave NE 12th St and medical emergencies at 1443 40th St NE 2829 Henry Court NW and 408 K Ave NW.
A tip suggests toddler gymnastics boosts coordination and self concept. Exercises include crossing a low balance beam to improve concentration blowing bubbles to aid focus and walking along a string on the floor to expand sense of space and time.
Automotive tools valued at 285 dollars were stolen from Chuck Miller's garage at 1326 Fourth St NW. The items taken between Wednesday and Sunday include car ramps timing lights and an engine lifting device with the door said to have been wired shut.
Paul Hallberg reports his car was broken into Saturday night with three fishing poles and reels valued at 300 dollars and a camera taken. The vehicle was parked in front of his residence on 117 Rapids Ave SW and was left unlocked.
The IMF in its annual report says industrial nations must persist with restrictive anti inflation measures despite suffering. It warns short term relief from easy credit worsens long term stagflation, citing higher unemployment, sluggish growth, and rising debt as 1982 outlook remains weak.
Three Iowa credit unions joined 132 federally insured members with uninsured deposits at Penn Square Bank in Oklahoma, a list regulators gave Congress. Uninsured amounts become bank receivership claims, with recovery uncertain.
Cedar Rapids police Sunday investigated the deaths of Jacob Sigal and his wife Emma at their northeast side residence. Both 51 and 44 were found with single gunshot wounds to the head by their son Leon Sigal. A small caliber handgun was used and no intruder evidence was found. Local authorities noted a Russian letter found in the house and withheld ruling on motive or whether self-inflicted or homicide.
A Des Moines teen Eddie Wachter 17 died when his motorcycle crashed into a car on the southwest side. Passenger Deanna Rice 17 was in serious condition. In Minnesota near Detroit Lakes James T. Corey 22 died in a head on collision with five injured including his daughter Jill 2 and Jeffrey Corey 19 in critical condition.
In Parkers Prairie Minnesota a 37 year old Jerry Lee Phan chased a couple from church to a nearby farm fired on Sherry Riedel 22 of Parkers Prairie and Kevin Swanson 25 of Alexandria then set his house on fire and died in the flames. Authorities identified Phan and noted the double homicide occurred after a church service.
In Ayacucho, more than 200 guerrillas armed with submachine guns attacked a police station in Vilcasuaman. Six civil guards were killed and at least 30 guerrillas died in the dawn assault, the largest such attack since President Fernando Belaunde Terry took office.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids IA. Subscriptions by carrier 1.65 per week. by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks. U.S. and territories 123.00 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where carrier service exists. The Associated Press retains republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. USPS 095680.
The notice lists an 10 a.m. informal Linn County Supervisors meeting in the Administrative Office Building conference room, a 1:30 p.m. Board of Adjustment session in the same building, a 6:30 p.m. Conservation Board Project and Planning Committee at Squaw Creek Park Maintenance Shop, and a 7:30 p.m. Conservation Board meeting at Squaw Creek Park Lodge. A 7 p.m. Study Skills Workshop for adults returning to classes is in Room 207, Stuart Hall, Coe, with free admission and reservations at 399 8500.
Education classes begin in the Marion Independent School District and at St Josephs Elementary School in Marion. The start signals the return to classroom activity for students and staff.
The Johnson County Committee for Citizen CPR received a $1,000 donation from the Iowa City Noon Optimists Club to buy mannequins for community CPR training.
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