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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1983
Page
12
Obituaries list Annabelle Bishop 101 of 1638 Wildwood Drive NE who died at home after a long illness. Also noted are Frank A. Pecka 87, Laura L. Ferencik, and Harrison W. Shipe with funeral details. services at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Cedar Memorial Chapel, and Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church with family survivors noted. Burial preferences and memorials to Birthright and Heart Association are included.
Memorial services are set for Vernon A. Andersen at All Saints Catholic Church with graveside rites later. Lulu G. Burlingame to be honored at Beatty Bearle Murdoch Chapel Cedar Rapids with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Virgil Severing Tow to be remembered at St Michael's Church Norway with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may visit or register at the church or chapel and Rosary is scheduled in Norway. Memorial contributions may go to the American Heart Association.
Ollie Inman 87 died at Anamosa Community Hospital after a long illness. Survived by four sons Woodrow Vernon Clyde William and a daughter Nancy Olson. Services Monday 1:30 p.m. Goettsch's burial Riverside with military rites. Frank F Jirak 89 died at Aase-Haugen Home Decorah. Survived by wife Zephie a son Arnold a daughter Darlene a sister Adella a brother Elvis 13 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren. Services Monday 11 a.m. St Aloysius Church. Burial church cemetery. Edythe Windenburg 82 died at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids. Survived by daughters Jeanne Kruse and Marthajane Merryfield nine grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Services Monday 11 a.m. Grace United Methodist Church. Burial Campton Cemetery. Cecil P Hayes 80 died at St. Born Feb 15 1903 Posey County Ind. Married Eldred Hayes in 1924 Posey County. Retired teacher and taught religious education in Evansville. Survived by daughter Marijohn Hunter and son Jack Hayes a brother Earl Tenison six more. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. Eastern Heights Baptist Church Evansville Ind. Burial Park Lawn Cemetery. Memorials to church.
Meta Boettcher 8 7 died Saturday morning at Cedar Manor Nursing Home Tipton. Survived by husband George Tipton daughter Dorothy Fisher of London son Gene Bennett two grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 p m Sheets Son Funeral Home visiting hours Monday 2 to 8 p m and Tuesday 9 a m to service. Burial Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Lylia Van Walls 87 died Friday night at Brookhaven Nursing Home Brooklyn. Survived by six grandchildren eight great grandchildren two sons Charles Hartwick Gene Victor two sisters Martha Wells Dubuque Gertrude Geary Chicago two brothers Roy Mitchell Dubuque Art Mitchell Chicago. Services Monday 11 a m St Bridget s Catholic McAninch Freming s parish rosary recited at 8 tonight. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
State fire marshal will investigate an early Saturday morning arson in Strawberry Point. Police were called at 12:03 a.m. to a vacant house at 313 Prairie Ave. where an arsonist entered the basement, poured accelerant on wood, and started a fire causing smoke damage. The property had been bought by Donald Thomas of Strawberry Point.
State troopers arrested 64 suspects from eight states in a Labor Day dogfight raid on Raymond Carter’s 20 acre Carter property near Bond County. A 33 man SWAT team moved in at 7:30 a.m. uncovering 20 doghouses two treadmills a 24 and a half foot pit housing two pit bulls were destroyed and dogs moved to humane society. The 64 detainees faced misdemeanor charges for participating in an illegal dogfight with bonds posted between 300 and 500 dollars. A cocaine possession charge was added against Carter who faces additional legal action.
Aug 26 Kathy and Mark Barnes 209 16th St NE welcomed a son. Aug 27 Rebecca and David Janssen Anamosa welcomed a daughter. 8:27 p.m. Friday medical emergency at 50 Edgewood Rd SW. 10:51 a.m. Saturday medical emergency at 2727 16th Ave SW.
On this date in 1917 ten suffragettes were arrested during a White House picket in Washington. In 1963 about 200000 people gathered for a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington.
In Atlanta CDC office Dr. James W. Curran, director of the AIDS Task Force, says he is frustrated yet fed up with critics of scientists’ efforts. He notes AIDS has killed more than 800 and totals 2,094 cases since 1979, with high risk groups including gay men, intravenous drug users, Haitian immigrants, and hemophiliacs. He defends researchers and cautions against sensational projections while citing progress in understanding transmission and viruses.
Members of Local 150 A UFCW voted 58 percent to accept a contract with $7.50 hourly pay, 50 cent annual profit share, 25 cent raises in years two and three, and a cap of 10.4 hours per day. Eleven hundred workers walked out August 5 after talks broke down amid a shift from the Dubuque Packing Co. takeover.
The hijackers demanded landing permission and steered toward Tripoli after Libya refused. The pilot, faced with fuel limits, landed at Fontanarossa airport at 10 01 p m local time. An airport official said the hijackers warned of killings if not accommodated.
Nine people were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Friday and Saturday. Names include Jon D. Ward Donald H. Newkirk Raymond L. Patterson Blake R. Conover James P. Panosh Bill L. Heeren Maria M. Heeren Daniel W. Franklin and Douglas J. McCarron. Several faced additional charges such as disobeying traffic signals failing to carry licenses and interfering with official acts.
Ten years ago lawyers for Vice President Spiro Agnew filed in federal court to stop a Baltimore grand jury from investigating Agnew's activities.
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