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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1983
Page
4
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation told a Senate panel that it cannot perform background checks on Racing Commission members. DCI Director said no legal provision allows investigations for the subcommittee, officials stated Friday.
Ten or more cases of landlords cutting off utilities have been reported this year with three in the past week. Cedar Rapids Housing Director Terry Steinbach warns that summer inconvenience can turn serious as colder weather approaches.
The 71-year-old dancer actor and director Gene Kelly is a visiting professor with the University of Iowa dance program. His two day visit included meetings with dance and theater students Friday and he is set to appear at halftime during today’s football game at the campus.
Newark councilman demands public apology after Phil Donahue suggested Newark New Jersey and the South Bronx are not good places to impress a date. Donahue says he will apologize on his show and on the telephone he already offered one.
Banking officials say a complication delays bidding on the failed Exchange Bank of Bloomfield Iowa. The delay could push the bid opening from Monday to at least Tuesday and postpone the bank’s reopening plans.
U.S. car sales jumped 5.9 percent in mid-September from a strong period a year earlier, as automakers reported a daily sales rate reaching a four-year peak.
The University of Iowa Institute for Economic Research says Iowa will begin to enjoy the recovery that boosted the national economy two quarters ago. The upswing will be gradual with personal income rising slower than the national average, and farms expect modest gains.
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in consumer prices for August, with food costs boosted by a hot drought. Meat prices slid while transportation and medical care costs climbed, keeping overall inflation moderate for 1983 and suggesting a continued slow rise into 1984.
Cedar Rapids firefighters comb the Cedar River near the Edgewood Road bridge for missing Greg Demeulenaere 26 of rural Victor believed to have jumped from the bridge. Police towed his locked car from the bridge and found death by own action notes after learning of the disappearance.
John J. O Mara 76, professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Iowa, died of smoke inhalation after his car caught fire on Vogel s Lane north of Iowa City. Firefighters found the vehicle engulfed and paramedics could not revive him.
The Gazette clarifies mistakes from prior reports. Dr. Jane Sanders is a Cedar Rapids psychologist. Barb Carpenter's address was wrong in a neighborhood group home article. a Black Women’s Health Conference was in Atlanta, not Iowa City. Emma Goldman Clinic funded attendees but did not sponsor the conference. corrections will be published to address accuracy.
John H. Springer, 20, of Marion, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a February 25 Cedar Rapids parking lot fight that left Michael Stastny, 21, dead after head injuries. A Linn County jury deliberated about eight hours. sentencing set for Oct. 28 with potential prison up to five years and a $1000 fine.
Former Senator Eugene McCarthy 67 was released from Georgetown University Hospital where he recuperated after a heart attack he suffered September 5 at his Woodville Virginia home.
The Gazette is a Cedar Rapids daily and Sunday paper established in 1883. It lists 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa as the office and outlines subscription rates for carrier and mail editions within various terms and regions. It notes The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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