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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1983
Page
5
The Wapsie Valley Creamery of Independence earned the grand champion cheese award at the Iowa State Fair for this year. The award winning Cheddar will be displayed at the fair State page 4A.
The Iowa Conservation Commission called the Mississippi River dredging plan from a cost-cutting panel threatening and moved to formal opposition. Separately, Linn Mar school board accepted the resignation of high school principal Richard Christie and named Alan Rowe as his successor.
Magid explains his firm evaluates public reaction to news personalities by audience cues. He notes sex and age are not factors in their research. The comments came in a phone interview after taping Nightline. A separate note reports a group called the Pro Family Christian Coalition aims to shut down the National Reno Gay Rodeo in Reno Nevada this weekend citing concerns about AIDS spread.
Stella Rex, 37, marries Lawrence Rex Jr., 23, in a Linn County courtroom amid sheriff’s deputies and inmates. The ceremony follows a two year pen pal courtship while Lawrence serves a Fort Madison prison sentence for forgery and drug offenses. He is to return to prison after parole violation, possibly rejoining Stella later.
Paul James II, 16, led the U.S. All-Star Wheelchair Soccer Team to a 1-0 victory over Canada in Fort Worth as muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy shaped his life. Twelve hours later he was found dead in his dorm at Texas Christian University.
The United States balloon team led by defending world champion Dick Comstock will skip the World Championships in Nantes France at month end. The 10 member squad announced in Des Moines and is in Indianola for the National Hot Air Balloon Championships citing disorganization and officiating discrepancies by French officials.
Washington reports indicate the United States has dropped several key demands in Geneva aimed at cutting Soviet strategic missiles and warheads. Edward Rowny says progress is forward but not decisive as talks hinge on European-based forces and parallel negotiations. The U.S. keeps aiming to cut land based missiles and reduce Soviet throw-weight advantage amid ongoing disputes.
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