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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1983
Page
10
A string of Cedar Rapids area deaths is reported including Albina A Nemec 87 of 1206 35th St NE and Corinne Campbell Snouffer 70 of Chapel Hill NC. Other notices list Bethany Hegarty Evans Mary Dallas Tschirgi Betty Ward and Otto F Slapnicka among others with funeral details and burial sites.
Lucille Day 55 died Sunday after a short illness at Anamosa hospital. Survivors include husband Thomas, daughter Kathleen Fritz, son Kevin, three other daughters, two grandchildren, and a sister. Services Thursday 1 30 p.m. at United Methodist Church. burial Riverside Cemetery. Ruth A. Davis 43 Luther College CS prof died Saturday at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital. Survivors include husband Robert two sons Michael and Brian, daughter Laurel, sister Mary Lois Lemmermann, and half siblings. Services Thursday 10 a.m. Luther College Center for Faith and Life. No visitation. Mary Daly Wolf 80 of Dubuque and formerly Bankston died Monday. survivors include husband Elmer, seven daughters, two sons, forty two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 11 30 a.m. at St Joseph Catholic Church. burial St Clements Cemetery Bankston. Fred John Shafer 80 retired farmer died Monday in Independence. Survivors include wife Nathalia, son Fred Jr, four grandchildren, five others. Services Wednesday 10 30 a.m. at St Johns Catholic Church. burial St Marks Catholic Cemetery Iowa Falls. Angela F Rohret 88 of 415 N Johnson St died Monday morning in Coralville after long illness. Born 1895 Johnson County, graduate Cosgrove High School Mercy Hospital School of Nursing 1930. Survived by sisters Mabel Schnoebelen Marie Rohret and Sister DeLourdes. Services Wednesday 10 a.m. at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church Iowa City. burial St Peters Cemetery Cosgrove. Visitation today afternoon at George L Gay's with rosaries at 4 p.m. and 7 30 p.m.
Violet Henderson aged 68 died Monday at Simpson Memorial Home. Survivors include daughter Lois Parker of North Liberty and son Robert of Clure Texas, four sisters, a brother, two half-brothers, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Services are Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Snider's with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon and evening.
Paul P. Kruse Sr. 86 a retired farmer died at home Sunday survived by wife Elizabeth four daughters six sons grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday 11 a.m. at St Paul Lutheran Church visitation begins today at Uhlmanns burial Oak Ridge Cemetery West Liberty. Another farmer Thomas O Eichhorn 85 dies at Anamosa hospital survived by wife Bernice two daughters and one grandchild. Services Wednesday 11 a.m. at Wyoming Presbyterian Church burial Wyoming Cemetery.
Justice Lewis Powell called the death penalty to be abolished unless lengthy delays are eliminated. He warned that repetitive reviews extend executions and argued courts and Congress must fix the system or legislatures may abolish capital punishment. He cited Evans’ 1979 case and noted 1,000 plus death row inmates nationwide.
Prompted by Tylenol cyanide deaths, both the House and Senate passed bills making product tampering a federal offense. The House approved 292 to 0, the Senate unanimously. Penalties include life imprisonment and up to $100,000 fine for tampering causing injury or death. Other provisions differ between the bills. Also noted: five GOP moderates seek $70 billion in tax increases over three years amid budget talks.
Alabama and Willie Nelson each won two awards at the 18th annual Academy of Country Music ceremony in Buena Park California. Nelson claimed single of the year and album of the year for Always on My Mind while Alabama won top vocal group and entertainer of the year. Other winners included Sylvia Ronnie Milsap David Frizzell Shelly West Karen Brooks and Michael Murphey. Merle Haggard's Are the Good Times Really Over won song of the year and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas won Tex Ritter for best country motion picture.
Mercy births report nine new babies born to families in the region with addresses in Greeley and nearby towns. Names include Garner Browning Salter Kennell Reed Polk Kintzel Lorenz Huff, all indicating sons or daughters. Fire and medical calls follow, noting alarms, multiple medical emergencies, and an engine incident at Wilton Court.
Quick tips for cleaning house plants. Use a small paintbrush for furry leaves like purple passion plant. Alternatively wear a cotton glove and dampen fingers to dust leaf surfaces.
On this date in 1940, Neville Chamberlain resigned as British Prime Minister and Winston Churchill formed a new government to lead the United Kingdom during wartime.
A 7-year-old girl sustained a head injury after being struck by a bicycle while alighting from a school bus at 4 p.m. on Pinewood and North Pine Drive. The rider was a 10-year-old boy and she remains in the pediatric intensive care unit at St. Luke's Hospital.
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