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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1982
Page
3
Robert Melsha Sr. aged 81 of 7199 Mount Vernon Road SE died Thursday at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness.
Memorial services were held for a Cedar Rapids businessman born May 29 1901 who founded Melsha Refrigeration Equipment Co Inc over 50 years ago. Surviving are his wife three sons nine grandchildren and a sister and brother. Funeral details listed with Brosh Chapel and Czech National Cemetery private committal.
Obituaries for Earlville, Greeley, Iowa City and Monticello list deaths with ages 59 to 89. Services include church masses, Scripture services, and burials at local cemeteries. Memorials to Mercy Hospital Foundation in Iowa City are noted for one case.
President Reagan quietly signed the $98.3 billion revenue-raising bill at his Santa Barbara retreat after Congress passed it last month. The measure raises cigarette taxes, taxes telephone use, and tightens the minimum tax while increasing unemployment benefits and preserving Medicare contributions. The White House avoided pomp, contrasting earlier celebratory tax cut ceremonies.
Home economist Susan Athoff shares long term storage methods for cider. Freeze in jars with one inch headspace or can with a boiling water bath for ten minutes after returning to boil. Unprocessed cider keeps in the fridge about two weeks.
Albany judge finds excessive force in the 1971 Attica prison retaking. Lynda Tolliver, widow of bookkeeper Herbert Jones, will receive $550,000 plus interest as the state’s payout for the deadly five day uprising that left 43 inmates and 11 workers dead.
Russell Edward Johnson, 40, of Burlington, died after apparently slipping while securing two drifting barges on the Mississippi River between two ships. The deck hand on the Universal Nomad was found floating in the river near Burlington shortly before 6 a.m. An autopsy was planned to confirm cause of death.
Gary L. Morgan and Sarah A. Swayze were arrested Thursday night at the Target West Store on Williams Blvd after attempting to leave with nearly 350 dollars of merchandise hidden in a lamp box. They were charged with third degree theft and later released. Morgan to the state Department of Corrections and Swayze on her own recognizance.
Nancy Berns 19 of 321 19th St SE was treated at St Luke's Hospital in fair condition for a broken ankle after a bicycle she rode was struck by a car Friday afternoon. The crash occurred before 5 near Third Ave and 12th St SW. Driver Henrietta M Mueller 51 of 1601 Eighth Ave SW was charged with failure to yield and faulty equipment.
The August jobless rate remains at 9.8 percent with 10.8 million unemployed. Manufacturing loses 150,000 jobs, offset by gains elsewhere, while part time work rises to 5.6 million and full-time employment drops 318,000 as analysts debate stability and relief prospects.
Roxanne Conlin and a host of Democratic leaders drew about 200 attendees in Dubuque as they urged voters to elect Conlin as Iowa governor. Speakers including Gov. John Y. Brown and Phyllis George Brown framed the race as key to economic stability and progressive governance.
Vital statistics from Sept. include births to Elizabeth and Mark Riley Mount Vernon Gloria and Frank Dohmen Mechanicsville Janet and Daniel Kronlage Cedar Rapids. Sept. 3 also births to Deborah Ehrisman Monticello Nancy Millard Cedar Rapids Cynthia Root Atkins Sheila Whiteside Cedar Rapids Pauline Pearson Cedar Rapids Lynette Kerslake Lisbon Cheryl Gebhart Marion Naomi Tompkins Newhall Vinh Clemen Cedar Rapids. Additional birth at Jordan Minnesota Tina and Ronald Mash a son July 24. Grandparents named. Des Moines Beth Stevens Michael Stevens. Kansas City Jeanine Jelinek Kevin Jelinek. Multiple couples listed with dates and addresses. later items report several emergency calls and incidents including at 1581 First Ave SE 1019 Ninth St NW 128 33rd St SE 2100 East Post Road SE 413 Sixth St SE 3003 Pioneer Ave SE.
The Gazette notes a sentence in Friday's Cedar Rapids story misstated industrial revenue bonds. Of 45 businesses, 13 would have pursued projects without bonds. the paper will respond to complaints about accuracy fairness and completeness of reports and headlines.
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