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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1983
Page
6
Kenneth Barger reports a 48-star flag and its 8-foot pole were taken from his Cedar Rapids garage clothesline between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. The flag, valued around 500 dollars and passed through generations, remains unrecovered while the pole was found nearby. Barger suspects a local neighborhood thief.
Mercy Hospital expands its Buckle Up Baby program to include all babies. Parents may rent an approved Century infant Love Seat for 12 dollars until the child is nine months or twenty pounds, with a six dollar refund on return. A new seat sells for 20 dollars, below wholesale.
A $100 reward is offered to any person who brings a friend to purchase a mobile home this week from Rollin Homes. Call 365-0461. Also Stickney's announces new evening meals served Tuesday through Saturday from 4 PM to 11 PM.
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons scheduled for July 7 at the Paramount Theatre with 8 p.m. showtime. Hank Williams Jr. appears July 17 at the Five Seasons Center at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats cost 10.50 to 11.50 and 9.50 to 10.50 respectively with tickets on sale starting Monday.
District No 3 Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters of Iowa announce a joint memorial service Sunday at 2 30 p m at Knights of Pythias Hall 1101 Old Marion Road NE co hosts Star of the West Lodge No 1 and Winter Temple No 78 will honor all Knights and Pythian Sisters in the district who have died since June 1982 the district covers Cedar Rapids Martello Anamosa Olin Monticello Montezuma Grinnell and Brooklyn the public may attend.
Fire department recorded medical assistance calls at several Marion addresses: 2193 Douglas Drive at 4 23 p m Thursday 4409 Lakeside Road 11 25 p m Thursday 485 Grand Ave 2 27 a m Friday 3045 Third Ave 7 59 a m Friday.
Robert Cribben of Oxnard California was released from Linn County Jail to state supervision after a fatal crash at the junction of highways 13 and 151 that killed Charles and Mary DeWoody. Cribben faces charges including disobeying a stop sign reckless driving and missing logs and interstate authority. Helen Eiler survived the crash and was treated at St Luke's Hospital and later released. Police request witnesses to contact Marion authorities.
A cyclist crash on Boyson Road NE near Bowman Woods School led to slow 911 response and delayed ambulance arrival. The incident exposed transfers between Marion and Cedar Rapids dispatch centers and jurisdiction confusion, with neighbors calling multiple times and officials providing mixed directives before help arrived.
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