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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1982
Page
2
Obituaries note George J. Kunzmann 74 of 3135 J St and William W. Bauer 87 of Route 3 Marion dying at Mercy Hospital. Also listed are Virgil Mozena 83, Ila Scolaro 73, Ethel Burkart, and other local residents with service details, burial places, and memorial funds. Memorials directed to hospital foundations and churches.
Melvin W. Cronbaugh aged 72 of 121 17th St. SW died in a Mesa Arizona hospital after a brief illness. Services are pending at Turner Chapel West. Elizabeth Erickson aged 83 of Meth-Wick Manor died Friday at St. Luke's Hospital. Services are pending at Turner Chapel East.
A funeral service for George J Whitters will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Matthew's Catholic Church with Rev. Fred Fangmann officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. A wake service is planned for 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Stewart Funeral Home with visiting hours 3 to 9 p.m. Call 363-4702 for weather related changes. Parents listed as Frank J. and Mrs. Whitters of Cedar Rapids were not named as survivors in Friday's obituary.
The United States ties progress on reducing strategic nuclear weapons to easing Poland's crackdown. State Department spokesman Dean Fisher says talks in Geneva on European missile reduction will continue. Haig stressed Poland’s repression as a major setback for East West relations.
Joseph D. Knott of Oakdale was found guilty of first degree burglary in Washington County District Court after a extended jury deliberation. The 34 year old faced up to 25 years, with sentencing set for February 26 at 10 a.m. The case involved a break in and arson attempt at 1303 H Ave Kalona the home of his former wife Wanda Kay Knott. Knott defended himself with temporary insanity linked to his Church of the Living Word faction. The trial began January 12 and the jury reached a verdict around 8 p.m.
Vital statistics record several new births including a daughter for Lillian and Darwin Schuttloffel at 2506 First Ave NE and a son for Sarah and Thomas Riley at 3201 Eastern Ave NE. A series of fire and emergency alarms and medical emergencies are logged from Thursday night into Friday morning across multiple city streets, including overheated appliance incidents and a plugged vent, plus several medical emergencies.
A tip recommends scraping surface wax with the dull side of a table knife, then washing the fabric in warm water with a heavy duty detergent. If color remains, apply sodium perborate bleach to remove it.
The IRS audited 438,150 low income returns in 1980, collecting 258 million dollars in extra taxes and penalties, while 79 million came from 223 high income cases. About two million individual returns may be selected for audit this year as the agency tightens controls on shelters and relies on computer screening.
Oelwein City Council debates funding for 24 hour radio dispatch shared with Hazleton and Fairbank. County officials warn emergencies only without payment as the council studies costs and legality before deciding on free service or a shared rate.
Former President Gerald Ford testified he withheld reasons for Nixon pardon because they were unimportant then and belong in his memoir. He cited saving feelings for A Time to Heal and noted deposition details from a Jan. 6 New York session in a copyright suit involving The Nation article.
Peter Dockendorf of New Hampton died Friday afternoon when his pickup stalled in a snowdrift on U S Highway 52 west of Ossian. As Dockendorf and another driver exited to flee the storm, a third truck struck the stranded maroon pickup, flinging it about 50 feet into Dockendorf. The other man’s condition was not released and officials continued the investigation.
A 20 year old rural Shellsburg man, Scott Alan Park, was arrested after a two hour siege in which he threatened to shoot his wife and others at their mobile home. He was charged with assault, theft in the third degree, possession of a controlled substance, and had weapons recovered. Park was to appear in magistrate court the following morning.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include carrier 1 65 weekly and mail options with 7 issues per week for 8 054 weeks or 85 80 per year.
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