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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1983
Page
2
Long funeral notices and memorial details for multiple residents including Jean Ellen Safley 91 of Springville and Mary Ask 64 Cedar Rapids, with education, careers, church affiliations, survivors, and service arrangements. Includes memorials for Don M Ulrich, Monica C Northup, and others with service times, burial places, and charity notes.
James W. Lewis says he has been denied telephone access since Jan. 6 and kept in solitary at Leavenworth and later Metropolitan Correction Center in Chicago. He faces a $1 million extortion case linked to Tylenol poisonings, with unrelated land, mail, and tax charges set for Feb. 28 in Kansas City.
Iowa Department of Social Services will send food stamps by certified mail to 25,000 households in high loss areas starting Tuesday to curb theft. Recipients must show ID and the delivery notice at the post office if not at home. The program serves 75,000 households monthly and loses over $100,000 each month.
President Reagan argues the 1984 budget will position America to gain from an approaching economic recovery. The $848.5 billion plan increases overall spending by 43.3 billion with 30 billion for defense, and preserves the proposed 10 percent tax cut and indexing while considering a 5 percent surcharge and oil tax as deficit safeguards. Rep. Wayne Dowdy urges job creation and public investments to cut deficits and boost growth, claiming defense spending rivals the need to fund roads and public works.
Rain snow and freezing rain swept across eastern Iowa causing slick roads and numerous minor accidents. Snow totals varied from trace in Dubuque to several inches in Winneshiek Allamakee Clayton Delaware Buchanan and Waterloo counties. Temperatures dropped from the 30s to the 20s as a north south low moved through the region and a northwest wind followed with possible light snow later.
In a snowstorm on Highway 30 near Toledo two people died when a car driven by George Nemitz slid on ice and was hit by a westbound pickup. Patricia Nemitz and Geneva Earhart died at the scene. George Nemitz was hospitalized in serious condition. Wayne Gray and Carol Culver were treated and released.
Vital statistics list several birth announcements including Debbie and Daniel Takes with a daughter and Suzanne and Carl Raap with a daughter, Denice Sanders with a daughter, Malayphorn and Meeksavank Xayasouk with a daughter, Debra and Dwight Hughes with twins. Emergency calls note an overheated transmission on Jonathan Drive NW, medical emergency on 12527th St Drive SE, short in an electrical wall unit on Fifth Ave SE, odor investigation on 648 34th St NE, faulty light cord on Bever Ave SE, and chimney issue on 1408 27th St SE.
The Gazette Established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list Carrier 1.95 per week and Mail options for Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues or 95.00 for 52 weeks. other states and territories 125.00 for 52 weeks. Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
One year ago White House officials indicated the Reagan administration planned to ask Congress for a $100 million increase in economic and military aid to El Salvador.
Connie Erb 31 of Shellsburg sustained injuries in a Saturday morning one vehicle crash on County Road E 36 three miles west of Palo near the Benton Linn county line. She was taken by Palo ambulance to Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids and listed in fair condition. Eric was driving the pickup when the driver reportedly lost control, according to the Benton County Sheriff's Department.
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