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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1982
Page
5
Police pursued five suspects who robbed the Armstrong Lounge early Saturday and pistol whipped three patrons. Robbers took money from the cash register and fled with several hundred dollars after forcing patrons to the basement. Six northeast Marion residences were burglarized Friday night with forced entries but no items reported missing.
Federal gambling charges against four Fort Dodge men and a Harlan woman were dismissed due to testimony issues with two key witnesses. The government could not obtain the chief witness Floyd Derrig’s deposition as he was too ill, and another witness could not be located. The case involved an alleged $2,000-a-day bookmaking operation and indictments from last August.
The Iowa Energy Policy Council will host a public hearing on the 1962 weatherization plan for Iowa at the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines. Director Robert F. Tyson says the plan will distribute funds statewide and set 1982 weatherization goals from April 1 to December.
Needy residents in Jones County can pick up federal cheese Tuesday at St. Patrick's School gym Angmoss from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. An option to pre register and receive at four locations 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday exists. Iowa authorities added three sites Oxford Junction Monticello and Wyoming Lutheran Church to serve more families.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates: carrier 1.65 per week. mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 8.054 weeks 85.80 52 weeks, other states 123.00 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where carrier service exists.
Cornell College history professor Robert Givens will discuss The Invasion That Hasn't Happened focusing on the Soviet Union and Poland at 11 a.m. Thursday in King Chapel. The talk is free and open to the public. Givens specializes in 18th and early 19th century Russian history and has studied in the Soviet Union, Finland, and France.
Stratford Iowa aims to host a TV movie about its 1980 centennial Fat Off contest. ABC writers interview residents including John Bergquist and Pat Arnold as the women beat the men by shedding 2 667 and 2 164 pounds respectively. The city projects a $20 000 payment if the project advances and a $5 000 advance.
A rural Oxford resident, Rosalie Joice Larsen, 25, died in a farmhouse blaze that started about 12:30 a.m. She was flown to University Hospitals in Iowa City and pronounced dead. The medical examiner ruled smoke inhalation as the cause. the State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating.
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