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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1983
Page
2
A group of obituaries from Cedar Rapids area announces deaths of Jacob Hiner Cecil Cannon Kevin Daugherty Steven Curtis Grace Vargason Deborah Mason Ova Jenkins Paul Wood Charles Behrends Jerome Kraus. Each notice lists birth dates, spouses, survivors, service details, and funeral arrangements across Springville Masonville Marion Center Point and Cedar Rapids venues.
Multiple obituary notices list memorial services and burial plans for residents including Clutter-Elsie Hess 69 at Harrison's in Tama and Dunkard Cemetery, Norman Gilbertson 68 at Madison Lutheran Church, and Marie C Coleman 86 at St Mary’s. Calls and visitations span today and Wednesday with churches, cemeteries, and duties by local funeral homes. Military honors noted for Hanford Post 5. Memorials directed to Shriners Crippled Children Fund and church offerings.
Mercy Hospital reports births on January seventeenth for Peggy and Martin Davis of Swisher a son. Margaret and Phillip Bishop of Marion a son. Leslie and Mark Rodemeyer of Cedar Rapids a son. Kathrine Bulger of Anamosa a son. Numerous Cedar Rapids area couples listed with addresses and newborns follow. Later in Sunday evening multiple emergency calls include an electrical short near Blairs Ferry Road and Leisure Boulevard NE and a medical emergency at Park Towne Lane NE Apt 4.
Gov. Terry Branstad plans a statewide budget briefing tour starting Friday with a 10 am address to the General Assembly. He will visit Cedar Rapids Davenport and Sioux City with advisers to discuss a proposal likely exceeding 2 billion dollars and seek input from local officials and citizens.
State Superintendent Robert Benton told Cedar Rapids boards that public confidence in education has risen in recent years. He noted broader test participation, higher graduation rates, and the need to balance open, responsive high school programs with higher standards. He warned that demographics will shrink direct public interest, complicating sustained support.
A 20-year-old Pizza Hut worker and a 17-year-old juvenile were arrested after police say a false robbery report was filed at 1640 16th Ave SW. Conrad claimed a knife held him at gunpoint and money was stolen, but about $1,900 total was recovered and charges followed.
Dwight Bode, administrator of the Grant Wood Area Education Agency, earned a very positive evaluation from the agency board in a closed session. His contract runs through 1984-85 with a $43,250 annual salary to be reviewed in May or June. Grant Wood serves 39 districts across Linn, Johnson, Jones, Cedar, Washington, Benton and Iowa counties.
Two construction workers Delroy E. Johnson 34 of Alta and Mike E. Kuecker 25 of Iowa City were killed when a cement pole collapsed five miles northeast of Buffalo Center as a guy wire failed. They were atop a boom truck bucket about 50 feet above ground working on a power line for L. E. Myers Construction Co. Officials from Winnebago County Sheriff identified the victims.
United Airlines fares to Kansas City from Cedar Rapids expired at midnight Saturday. The $25 one way and $50 round trip were mentioned in Saturday’s Gazette. A separate item incorrectly stated Cedar Rapids Harnischfeger plant reopening numbers. the correct figures show about 400 workers then plus about 25 more. The Gazette will publish corrections in this space if needed.
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