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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1982

Page

2

Deaths fill Cedar Rapids area obituaries page

Multiple obituary notices from Cedar Rapids area list deaths of Charles L. Fawley and others, with ages from 53 to 87, varying residences, service details, and burial arrangements. Names include Donna Shaw Hawkins, Thelma Sparks Milchiser, Lottie Mae Naibert, Marie Michalec, Vernon Ray, Emerson Mariam E., Ella Pidima, Gary Mast, Elise Obermueller, Harold Messerschmitt, Reiner Zierenberg, Marion McCarthy, Maxine Long, and Margaret Athe with service times and burial locations noted.

Charles L. Fawley Franklin Ave Cedar Rapids Coggan Wilma Petranek Leona Russell Wilkins St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Mount Herman el Kahir Shrine Shrine Foot Patrol Cedar Chapter O.E.S Gethsemane White Shrine of Cedar Memorial Chapel Eugene Hancock Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Shriners’ Crippled Children’s Hospitals Embassy Club Fifth St. SE Thelma Sparks Milchiser Thompson Drive St. Luke’s Hospital Burlington Okla Harold W. Millhiser St. Paul’s Kensington I.H. of PEO St. Luke’s Meth-Wick Lottie Mae Naibert Howard Hauskins White Oak Road Portland Ore Waverly Heights Congregational Church Olga Chehak Beatty-Bearle- Murdoch Chapel Vernon Bundy Free Methodist Church Lafayette Cemetery Robert W Charles West United Church of Christ American Legion Hanford Post No Cedar Memorial Funeral Emerson Mariam E Baxter Memorial Chapel Marion Nick Longworth Norwich Martelle Pidima Ella E Brush Chapel James DeSmith Czech National Cemetery Independence Gary Mast Keystone Elise Obermueller St. John’s Lutheran Church Keystone Cemetery Fellmer’s Martinsburg Harold H. Messerschmitt Mount Zion Church Leland Enke Mount Zion Cemetery Reynold’s Sigourney Nichols Reiner H. Zierenberg Nichols Christian Church Oak Ridge Cemetery West Liberty Snider's Oelwein Marion McCarthy Brant-Kern Woodlawn Vinton Clark Maxine) Long Prairie Creek Christian Church Bear Creek Campbell-Russell Snider’s Greenwood Cemetery Muscatine

Botha stifles revolt in National Party unity vote

South Africa Prime Minister P W Botha won a decisive confidence vote within the National Party after quelling a rebellion by ultra conservatives who opposed easing apartheid. Delegates in Transvaal voted 172 to 36 to back Botha and suspended revolt leader Andries Treurnicht and three others from the party leadership.

Gazette Wire Pretoria South Africa P.W. Botha National Party Botha Washington Reagan Transvaal F.W. de Klerk Andries Treutnicht de Klerk Cape Treurnicht

Quad Cities Jobless Rate Surges to 15.2 Percent

Illinois Job Service economist Gary Wilson cites January unemployment in the Quad Cities at 15.2 percent with about 29,800 out of 196,400 residents idle across Scott County Iowa and Rock and Henry counties Illinois. He calls the spike a one month phenomenon but warns more plant shutdowns could raise the rate again in February or March.

Moline, II UPI Job Service of Illinois Quad Cities Scott County Iowa Rock and Henry Counties Illinois Gary Wilson U.S. Labor Department Deere and Co International Harvester Co J.J. Case Co Wilson

Indictments Readied in Slaying of Judge John H Wood Jr

After a 33 month inquiry the Justice Department plans grand jury indictments in the San Antonio murder of federal district judge John H Wood Jr The prime suspects are Jamiel A Chagra and Charles Woyde Harrelson both identified by federal agents as key players in the case Harrelson has prior murder for hire conviction and separate drug case tied to the judge’s pending trial Chagra, a major Southwest drug figure, is serving a 30 year sentence for marijuana and cocaine smuggling charges.

New York Times Washington Justice Department San Antonio Texas Department John H. Wood Jr D. Lowell Jensen FBI U.S Dallas el Paso Wood Jamiel A Jimmy) Chagra Charles Woyde Harrelson Harrelson Jo Ann Chagra United States Colombia

Helms attacks Reagan over El Salvador policy and Duarte

Sen. Jesse Helms criticizes the Reagan administration for backing Duarte in El Salvador and for continuing land reform. He urges withdrawal of U S support and accuses the media of skewing coverage while comparing Duarte to a left wing socialist and urging alternatives. The speech came at the CPAC conference, ahead of Haig and Reagan addresses.

Helms Reagan el Salvador Washington Jesse Helms R-N.c Central America U.S Western Hemisphere Senate Foreign Relations Committee State Department Duarte George McGovern McGovern South Dakota United States

Income Breakdowns Show Shift Under Budget Plan

Congress' CBO analysis outlines how 1983 tax cuts and benefit reductions affect households by income. It projects most savings benefit those earning over $20,000, with total revenue loss near $82 billion and federal benefit cuts mainly hitting the under $10,000 group.

CBO James R. Jones D-Okla House Budget Committee Ernest F. Hollings D-S.c Senate Budget Committee

Fugitives freed as Illinois cuts extradition costs

Chicago Sun Times reports 95 Cook County fugitives outside Illinois were not returned for trial after Illinois and Cook County ended funding extraditions for most crimes. Only murders and several Class X offenses trigger state payment. others like theft and arson fall to local authorities, seen as cost cutting.

Chicago Cook County Illinois Illinois Department of Law Enforcement Chicago Sun- Times Bob Fletcher Law Enforcement Department

Daughters and a son born to Marion families. Pittsburgh birth

Vital Statistics lists multiple new births in Marion with couples Amy Knight, Carolyn Alamo, Carla White, Wynelle Lindsley and Sheryl Morgan plus a Pittsburgh birth for Carol Gingrich. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Leo Mraz Cedar Rapids. Later entries note emergencies and a broken fuel line across several addresses Friday into Saturday.

Sheryl Mark Morgan Hutton Hill Drive Marion Amy Rodney Knight Ninth St Carolyn Pedro Alamo Oakland Road Carla Terry White Summer Circle Pittsburgh Carol Jim Gingrich Leo Mraz Cedar Rapids

Special election set in 32nd District race

Gov. Robert Ray has scheduled March 23 for a special election in the 32nd District to fill the House seat left by the death of Rep. Kenneth D. Miller. Miller, 56, died last Tuesday of cancer in Independence.

Des Moines Robert Ray Kenneth D. Miller Independence Miller

Nine tuna fishermen rescued after 22 days on Pacific island

Twenty years ago nine shipwrecked fishermen were rescued from a tiny Pacific island where they had been stranded for 22 days. The group faced limited food and shelter before a rescue team reached them and returned them to their home port.

Pacific Island

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