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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1972
Page
2
The page lists municipal court fines and offenses with names and addresses, ongoing weather observations, and birth and marriage notices. It includes fines for traffic and nuisance violations, births in local and out of town hospitals, and upcoming services and obituaries for multiple families.
In Ghaska Minnesota, services for Frances Blanel and Virgt Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids are noted. Friends may call after services on Thursday at 1:30 PM and 2 PM at local churches, with burial details to follow.
A string of death notices from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas lists Helen Marie Magnum 57 of Cedar Rapids, Mary Melgeorge 69 visiting Santa Cruz, Virginia Trachta 81 of Cedar Rapids, Verna Mizpuh Lodge member, infant Stout, Marlin LeRoy Farmer 70 Cedar Rapids, Augusta Christine Anderson Lee 63 Cedar Rapids, and other local residents. The notices cover brief life details, family survivors, and funeral arrangements in Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and nearby towns.
An unclear obituary fragment notes Earl C. Rusenbark formerly of Knobwood Drive SE and a nursing home in Geilo Rapids. It references retirement from Peliek and Pord and mentions M. Benedict, with several garbled lines about dates and places.
Memorial services are listed for Grawe, Mac G., Dest, Koy, and others with details of burial sites at Cedar Memorial Rosell and Memin'lut cemeteries. Services are led by multiple ministers at various chapels including Beatty Beurle, Tower, and Wat pin. Also notes a truck collision in Chicago and an archival item about a 10-year-ago Congo mission.
The Apollo 17 crew Cernan Schmitt and Iggans spent 78 hours on the Moon, finding orange oil like soil from a 0 mile orbit and reporting scientific potential at the landing site. A Space Center report praises their thorough exploration and notes the findings could alter tumor history concepts while emphasizing future deep space work and unity among Earth peoples.
Dennis Darringer files suit in district court against Sheriff Walter Grant and Deputy James Neagle seeking 14500.57 in damages for alleged false arrest on December 18, 1970. He alleges county jail confinement without counsel, cruel conditions, denial of medical aid, and a 14 day hospital stay after release, citing inadequate civil liberties union representation.
Linn County courthouse closes at noon Friday for war weekend. Applicants for marriage licenses must file by Tuesday and pick up by Friday noon, with instructions for affected residents.
Wardell Dillon, a 25 year old Cedar Rapids man, was sentenced by Linn County District Judge Clint Shaeffer after a jury conviction for delivery of heroin and possession with intent to deliver. The case stems from an undercover sale in Cedar Rapids on April 28.
A picket occurred at the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Pale as workers were laid off. A spokesman from a utility company cited a partial stoppage and noted union participation details were not available Tuesday morning.
Ames Iowa state highway commission approved the location for highway 149 in Iowa county and reconstruction of highway 21 in Tama and Bolan counties. The decision ends years of debate on access from the Amana Colony area to interstate 1 with a 5.6 million dollar reconstruction of the present coach. The diagonal southern alignment near Homestead drew most objections while a northward straight route to highway 8 was supported by some farmers.
Viet Cong accuse a singer of falsifying truth as bombing resumes. President Thieu meets with Haig in Saigon after Haig’s two hour talks and travels to Phnom Penh to press peace. Soviet and Chinese leaders condemn US escalation and pledge support for Vietnam. UN secretary general voices concern. Ziegler says peace must not be used to mask an offensive. US officials cite continued North Vietnamese supplies and aim for a rapid peace settlement.
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