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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1998
Page
11
Jones County sheriff investigators looked into a stabbing around 9 15 p m near the O J Convenience Station in Oxford Junction. Clinton County deputies checked a house west of Lost Nation for a vehicle tied to the case but found none. For updates call CITYLINE at 363 7000 or 337 7000.
Velma Cutkamp, 92, remains in serious condition at University Hospitals after a one car accident five miles southwest of Iowa City on Rohret Road. Authorities say she left the road, entered ditches, crossed a fence and ended in a farm field. The cause of loss of control was not disclosed.
Investigators have not determined what started a blaze that caused 100000 dollars in damage to a four apartment house at 914 E. Jefferson St on the east side Thursday. Four tenants escaped unharmed while a dog died in the fire. The owner is Wally Kopsa.
Ted Shelly was denied a new trial after a Delaware County jury awarded Victor and Lila Schenke 300000 dollars for emotional distress and claims of indecent exposure and abuse of access while renting Shelly Funeral Home’s basement apartment. The couple, ages 72 and 84, said Shelly forced them to view pornography and engage in sexual acts.
Ashcrews worked to restore electricity in Cedar Rapids after a Thursday night storm. A Friday outage in the downtown area caused sporadic service between First and Third streets and A to Second avenues. Two coincident failures, a circuit breaker and a transformer, led to a partial power loss around 9:30 a.m. Repairs finished by about 1:30 p.m. Alliant urged customers to curtail usage during restoration.
Cedar Rapids Parks Department says wading pools at Ellis Bever Daniels Noelridge Cherry Hill and Jones will be open 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with summer season expected to start Friday. For details call 898-0247.
Anamosa district judge L Vern Robinson sentenced Jay Winders 35 to up to five years in prison for shooting 17 neighbor’s cattle on Thanksgiving 1996. Winders must pay $15,332 restitution to Bill and Jim Carlson and may delay reporting two weeks to arrange affairs.
Sen. Charles Grassley visited Washington Iowa to assess damage from the May 15 tornado. He praised the community for cooperation and the strong Iowa work ethic as residents repair homes, shelters, and farms with damage estimates exceeding 10 million dollars and 27 people treated at the hospital.
A court order restricts Rockwell Collins pickets to four at any entrance amid clashes outside the Coralville plant. Union officials report one striker brushed by a green pickup but uninjured. Talks are not imminent as the strike enters a tense standstill with no new negotiations.
Coralville and Newport Beach plants see union actions over contract disputes. About 680 workers at Coralville with over 500 union members pressed to report for work amid a veiled threat claim. Rockwell's Cedar Rapids and Dallas units ratified five year contracts.
The first degree murder trial of Jeff Sawvel of Ocelwein is being moved from Fayette County after two thirds of jurors questioned say they cannot be impartial. Sawvel is accused of shooting stabbing and beating Gehlen Quandt 70 outside Quandt’s home on November 15 following a dispute over a truck. The Benton County Jail inmate’s trial is tentatively set for mid July with a judge to decide the location within a week.
Gazette Johnson County reports mixed reactions as union organizers note a delay in a vote to form a union for University Hospitals nurses and other staff in Iowa City. Staff nurse Kathleen Kauble says she is angry after 12 years with the hospital.
Pauline Taylor, a 24 year veteran nurse, says she will not back down from the union effort as about 90 objections delay the bargaining group formation at the hospital. The Iowa Public Employee Relations Board may postpone the vote to August or September from a June target. SEIU aids organizing roughly 1,400 nurses and 500 professional staff.
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