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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1982
Page
297
More than 500 junior and senior high students from 78 schools gathered in Independence for the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Honor Band Festival. Readings highlight Linn-Mar district members Terri Moats 13 Pam Knocie 13 and Lisa Moore 14 practicing for the evening concert with Julie Gerling 18 from Monticello joining tenor saxophonists.
Robert Paul Dietrich of rural Manly was charged with attempted murder after Mason City officer Jerry Miller was stabbed in a patrol car investigation. Dietrich, 40, is held on a $25,000 bond with a Saturday hearing set in Cerro Gordo County Magistrate Court.
Iowa attorney general consumer protection investigators question Woolco stores over alleged pre sale price hikes before a 20 percent going out of business sale. BBB offices report multiple complaints of higher top sticker prices and two price tags. Woolco denies improper raises citing sale length rules.
Hundreds gathered at the Mississippi River to watch the Eagle Point Bridge demolition after a large blast failed to bring down the 82 year old span. Officials planned more examination and possible further charges on the girders. The bridge was closed in August for safety and a new crossing to Wisconsin was dedicated later.
An 18 year old rural Toronto man, Paul Daehn, is in fair condition at Jackson County Memorial Hospital after a gunshot wound to the side. He was shot around 10:30 p.m. Friday when he surprised burglars returning to the home he shares with his father Gerhardt Daehn, about one mile south of Toronto. Neighbor Noel Becker collapsed at a Toronto business while searching for Daehn’s father and was also reported in fair condition.
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