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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1983
Page
2
Obituaries for Clara Tow 100, Oliver Burrows 87, Sister Mary Ferrie 71, Leona Machula 84, Emma Bushek 99, Buena Rauenbuehler 89, Harold Holubar 73, Ethel Olson 92, Sandra Skinner 46, Frederick Andrews 58, William Schrimper 77 noted with services, burial plans, and survivors in Cedar Rapids area churches and cemeteries.
Mary Fichtner 64 of 348 18th St SE died Wednesday at Americana Healthcare Center. Services are pending at Kuba Funeral Home East. Neil Roethlisberger 20 of 23 24th Ave SW died Wednesday at home from a gunshot wound. Linn County medical examiner ruled death a death by own action. Saturday services pending at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West.
Memorial services are listed for Meyer Harriet Louth at Beatty Bearle Murdoch Chapel and for Siebert William A at Turner Chapel East with burial details. Krueger Emily M and Barnhart J Elmer are noted with Cedar Memorial Chapel and Park Cemetery burials and American Heart Association donations. Caspers Anthony P has services at St John’s Church Mount Vernon with military honors and Lisbon Mount Vernon Ambulance Service memorials. Visitation times and arrangements by local funerals homes are included.
President Reagan moves to allow a summer only sub minimum wage of 2.50 per hour for teens 16 to 20, arguing it would curb teenage unemployment. The plan faces opposition from AFL CIO and Congress and would apply to up to 600,000 youths if enacted.
A collection of death notices from Anamosa to Williamsburg lists ages from 42 to 92. Many specify funeral times venues and burial sites with allocations for callers, rosaries, and memorials. Specific names include Anderson Kirkey Wedener Curtis Hunter Cole Pickett Harris Gearhart Rodas Buckmeyer Du Pre Wallace Barber Lloyd Schropp and others.
Waterloo police question relatives in the fatal shooting of assistant Black Hawk County public defender Alvin Davidson. Davidson, 41, was shot as he walked on crutches to his residence. a dark ski masked gunman fired one shotgun shot and fled, leaving the weapon atop a dumpster. Jay Hollins, brother in law of Davidson’s estranged wife, was brought in for questioning after reportedly trying to cash a check during the Slayings probe.
A 22 month old girl from Waterloo is in the intensive care unit at Allen Memorial Hospital after falling into a nearby stream Tuesday. Police say she wandered from her home around noon and was found floating in the water. Her father performed CPR until help arrived.
Kenneth Hagedorn 31 of Davenport dies at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids from injuries in a four vehicle crash four miles west of Mechancsville on Highway 30 the evening of December 23. Services at Range Mortuary Davenport at 11:30 am Friday with visitation 3 to 9 pm and burial at Pine Hill Cemetery Davenport.
Lee County Attorney Gordon Liles said he expects lab reports to come in but does not think they will alter the conclusion that Fort Madison police officer Ann Smith and deputy Jimmy Henshaw acted justifiably in the fatal Jan. 6 shooting of George Frisbie during a domestic disturbance call. Henshaw was wounded when Frisbie fired a shotgun. Liles noted warnings were given before guns were drawn and Frisbie was shot three times.
Vital statistics record multiple births with names and residences including Sue and Jim Berger Fairfax and Karen Clinton Cedar Rapids detailing a daughter or son. The section also lists residents and addresses for several families. Police and emergency calls follow, including alarms, medical emergencies, a gas issue, and a chimney vent problem in Linn County.
The Stanwood zoning commission meets Saturday at 7 am in City Hall to discuss the voluntary annexation of land owned by Vance Haesemeyer. The Gazette reports on errors and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space after reviewing complaints about accuracy and fairness.
On this date in 1868 the U S Senate refused to accept President Andrew Johnson s removal of Edwin Stanton as War Secretary and acting Secretary Ulysses Grant resigned amid the upheaval.
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