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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1982
Page
2
Patricia Sykora aged 68 of 336 14th Ave. SW died Thursday at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Services are pending at Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home West.
Obituary notices for Fort Atkinson Little Turkey Riverside Kalona McGregor Tipton and Williamsburg deaths. Names include Frank Pinter Florence F Taylor Bertha Ruth Benjamin A Schultz Wilma Hennings Viola Dubishar with church services and burial details at Assumption Catholic Church St Marys Riverside Pleasant Grove Cemetery Pilot Grove Cemetery and others. Continuous funeral home calls and rosaries are noted.
An earthen dam at Lawn Lake collapsed causing a 20 to 30 foot wall of water that swept through Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park. Authorities reported at least four missing campers and extensive property damage with up to 200 businesses damaged along Elkhorn Avenue. National Guardsmen were deployed to prevent looting and aid cleanup as officials reviewed dam safety and inspection records.
Forty nine Iowa districts are not complying with state voting laws per an attorney general opinion, prompting potential redrawing of sub district maps within a year. Eastern Iowa examples include Mount Vernon Anamosa Lincoln of Stanwood and North Linn with districts often electing by district or at large methods.
The Senate approved George Shultz 97 to 0 to become the 60th secretary of state. He succeeds Alexander Haig who resigned June 25. Shultz, 61, is praised as highly qualified with a goal to hasten peace in the Middle East amid Middle East turmoil, Iran Iraq clashes, and Beirut stalemate.
Researchers report sucrose polyester a synthetic fat substitute not absorbed by the body helped obese volunteers lose about a half pound daily while lowering cholesterol. Developed at Procter & Gamble, the fat substitute replaced dietary fat to remove 540 daily calories in a 60 gram swap.
Heavy thunderstorms swept from north-central to central Iowa bringing heavy rain hail and damaging winds. A tornado touched down near Rudd Floyd County causing multiple outbuilding destruction. Roads flooded in Floyd and hail and strong winds reported elsewhere including West Union Woodward and Mitchel counties.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday. Partial clearing and cooler by Tuesday. Highs in the 80s. Lows in the 60s.
Vital statistics list births from July 14 to July 15 including multiple families and locations all across Iowa and New Mexico with names and addresses. Marriage licenses issued for several couples in Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Marion Swisher Kirksville and Epworth. A sequence of emergency, alarm and incident reports logged from 6:24 p.m. Wednesday to 5:06 p.m. Thursday at various street addresses including medical emergencies propane leak fire and alarms.
The Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy expresses that Divine love has always met and will meet every human need, offering spiritual reassurance.
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