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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1982
Page
3
Police departments increasingly use psychological screening to gauge quick thinking and judgment accuracy in applicants. The aim is to avoid negligent actions that could trigger costly lawsuits against cities, reflecting a broader shift in officer selection practices.
News analysis notes problems for WHO in Des Moines and WOW in Omaha on page 16A. Marion outlook highlights strong employment with expansions and a Chamber view of the town as the pearl of Iowa, on page 18A. Other items cover aging fitness, university remodeling delays, breast surgery trends, worker conditioning, local business growth, and Epcot construction milestones with tourism expectations.
The Iowa State Fair starts Thursday with livestock prices at multi year highs though total entries fall slightly across most categories yet rise for sheep and goats. Competition grows in home economics science mechanics and arts. Gazette farm section notes.
Jordan, a Washington lawyer and former executive director of the National Urban League, will testify in Indiana as Franklin stands trial for civil rights violations in the May 29 1980 Fort Wayne shooting. Prosecutors cite Franklin admission in a government brief and his Utah confessions.
Film icon Brigitte Bardot threatens to move to Mexico if the government enforces a 1681 law opening private beaches. Marine Minister Louis Le Pensec launches a campaign to tear down private enclosures as part of the battle of the beaches.
Paramount Pictures MCA Inc and Warner Brothers will join Warner-Amex in The Movie Channel a 24 hour pay television service reaching about two million subscribers. The four equal partners value the network at around 100 million dollars with each studio investing about 25 million.
A historical quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte urges that a nation keeps conflict to forge good soldiers. It reflects a wartime mindset attributed to the French general who lived from 1769 to 1821.
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