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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1981
Page
3
A cherry tree branch in full bloom frames the Washington Monument as warm spring weather brings out the pink blossoms for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. Local revelers enjoy the seasonal display amid clear skies and mild temperatures.
Psychic Tamara Rand faces questions about whether she predicted Reagan’s March 30 wound or spoke after the shooting. NBC and CNN aired segments questioning tape authenticity, while Rand and show host Dick Maurice defend the Jan 6 taping. Suspect John Hinckley Jr. is named in the incident.
Rep. Raymond Lederer of Pennsylvania faces possible House expulsion after the ethics committee found he violated congressional rules by accepting money for political favors in the Abscam bribery case. An open disciplinary hearing is set for next Thursday to decide sanctions, potentially expulsion or formal censure. The FTC weighs ending its probe into deceptive children's TV commercials, noting a ban would be the only effective remedy but admitting practical barriers to such a ban. The final decision rests with the full commission after public comment.
Armenian militants claimed responsibility for the late night shooting of Turkish diplomat Cavit Demir in Copenhagen. Demir, 43, was shot six times and listed in critical condition. the attack marks Denmark’s first modern history terrorism incident and the second in Europe this month.
Syrian troops in Lebanon blasted Zahleh, the region’s largest Maronite city, to block a Phalangist road project. Communique cites tank and rocket fire as 30 families feared buried in a collapsed apartment building amid shared street gunfire.
Former Rep. Robert Bauman had charges of soliciting sex from a 16 year old boy dropped by the Justice Department after he joined an alcoholism rehabilitation program. Bauman had pleaded innocent last October and was among three Republican incumbents defeated in November.
Philadelphia commuters faced a diminished rush hour as 4,900 Transit Workers Union Local 234 members went back to work under a tentative contract with the transit authority. Officials noted ridership remained down by as much as half. Dominic DiClerico, president of the union, ordered drivers, mechanics and cashiers back to their posts.
In Washington the House faces Reagan's budget plan after the Senate backed $87 billion in cuts over three years. Rep. James R. Jones unveils a Democratic package aiming to save $4 billion in 1982 or $10 billion over three years, citing GAO findings of mismanagement and waste. The House Budget Committee will begin work next week on a Democratic alternative emphasizing energy reallocation, nutrition protection, and defense restraint, while Republicans back the president's plan.
Secretary of State Alexander Haig departs for the Middle East on a 10 day mission to press Reagan administration support for Arab Israeli peace and to outline a Sinai peace keeping framework with 2000 to 4000 troops including possible U S units. The trip also aims to advance Camp David tied peace efforts and assess AWACS sale options as Haig visits Egypt Israel Jordan and Saudi Arabia with European stops. The Kodiak bear line appears as an unrelated closing note.
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