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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1983
Page
2
Obituaries list Dudley Draxton and several other Cedar Rapids area residents with details of their ages addresses and service arrangements. The notices include survivors, service times, burial plans and memorial fund directives across multiple Cedar Rapids churches and area funeral homes.
Rep. Tom Tauke attacked the Iowa Citizens/ Labor Energy Coalition for door to door lobbying in Cedar Rapids. He said their literature misrepresents his stance on natural gas pricing and warns of misguided tactics. Tauke notes efforts with Canadian energy officials and bills to fix take-or-pay clauses to curb price rises.
City, county, state and federal offices plus the public library will be closed Monday for Presidents Day. Some services run as normal. schools in College Community districts close. Linn County and IRS offices observe closures. mail delivery suspended. stock exchanges and banks closed.
The note warns homemade baby foods often contain far more salt than jarred foods because manufacturers reduce salt while mothers still add it. Salt can raise blood pressure and the tendency can start in infancy. Do not add salt to homemade foods and maintain the rule when the child joins family meals.
Ruth Langles fought the coroner and won as Eugene Hartman, a former psychologist, was charged with John T. Langles’s murder. Hartman, 54, was arrested in Hayward California and pleaded innocent, while Langles’s widow called the development a seven-year battle ending in justice.
Former CIA agent Edwin Wilson is sentenced to 17 years in prison for smuggling 21 tons of C-4 plastic explosive from Houston to Tripoli in 1977. Prosecutors seek harsher designation. judge denies dangerous offender status. Wilson also faces separate charges for allegedly hiring a hit man to kill prosecutors and witnesses.
Linn County jail will search all visitors including attorneys using pat downs or metal detectors. Officials say the indefinite policy stems from tips a weapon or firearm may be brought in. some lawyers warn it could chill attorney client access and may violate a consent order.
A 28-year-old New Orleans man seeks a court order to disclose the identity of a California woman whose bone marrow could save him. William Head argues U of Iowa Hospitals must share the donor's name to notify her and pursue a transplant. The hospital cites donor program confidentiality. A hearing is set to consider immediate relief and related deposition actions.
Feb 18 births report a daughter for Crystal and Steven Edgar at 413 Fifth Ave SW and a son for Kathryn and Leslie Forde at 1616 Fourth St NW. Other births include Karen Kaiser, Nancy Kelinson, Debra Eberhardt, Jerrilynn Lawson, Sabra Rieck, Nancy Selman, Sharon Rossey, Mary Fain, Darlene Frith, Kathy Meyer, and a Cedar Rapids pair, plus late entries for Varndon Williams and Maryellen Schrader. Marriages dissolved list several couples. At Iowa City a daughter to Terri and Steven Gosnell. at Middletown a son to Linda and Tom Doss. grandparents named. Also street notices: 12:22 a.m. electrical short at 1001 First St SE. 6:15 p.m. stove incident at 127 15th St SW. 7:11 p.m. furnace motor at 115 34th St SE. Calendar.
The Gazette corrects prior errors: Washington High School’s Knowledge Bowl team was led by Stephanie Loupee, with Gil Maas as the other coach. no Linn County Environmental Council meeting Monday. Circularts from the University of Iowa will perform at Mount Mercy at 8 p.m. Sunday. previous Calendar times were incorrect. The paper welcomes accuracy complaints at 398-8313.
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options including Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues. USPS and AP news terms noted with exclusive republication rights.
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