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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1981
Page
3
A multi topic page previews a Hiroshima Nagasaki study on lingering medical and psychological damage. A McGregor tourist information center is planned despite high site costs. A citizens committee proposes a vehicle noise ordinance for city review and enforceability.
The baseball season resumes Sunday night with the All-Star game in Cleveland. Larry Nelson leads the PGA National Championship after birdying into a four stroke advantage in the final round. New home loan plans unveiled by Stanbrough Realtors and Partners International. Farmland loss rises as cropland vanishes for urban development despite the 1981 farm bill. Oak Hill welcomes the first zero-lot line housing project from a lender consortium.
John Hurley and Jerri Finch-Hurley of Parnell draw on farm animals gardens and country landscapes for their textile designs. The pair showcase rustic motifs reflecting rural Iowa life and heritage.
President Reagan ordered full production of neutron weapons including Lance missiles and eight inch shells with tritium in a move that could strain European ties. Officials say the decision, backed by Caspar Weinberger and opposed by Alexander Haig, aims to stockpile in the United States and avoid European vetoes on future deployments.
Soviet Marshal Viktor Kulikov met Polish Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski in Warsaw to discuss combat readiness of the Polish People's Army as Poland endures a week of labor strikes and state media campaigns. Solidarity seeks a televised debate on the crisis with Deputy Prime Minister Rakowski.
In La Paz Bolivia a five day uprising by eastern rebel generals collapsed as Gen Alberto Natusch Busch and Gen Luccio Anez abandoned their bid for political reform to avoid a civil war. The junta led by Gen Waldo Bernal mobilized toward Santa Cruz and denied any secret deal while Natusch Busch returned to Santa Cruz claiming to lay down arms and resume private life.
Justice Powell stated Sandra OConnor would be welcomed warmly by the Supreme Court in a prepared speech for the American College of Trial Lawyers in New Orleans. Coast Guard reports two crewmembers died when a helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Alaska during a rescue near Hinchinbrook Island while attempting to lower a radio to the drifting fishing boat Marlene.
Shuttle Columbia will be towed from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building in Cape Canaveral to be fitted with its external tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Rollout was delayed to no earlier than midnight Sunday. Launch date remains Sept 30.
Forest workers describe the quaking aspen as the disaster tree because it is the first species to regrow after disturbances such as wildfires or land clearing. This hardy species often signals ecological recovery and helps stabilize recovering landscapes.
President Dawda Jawara urged integrating Gambia’s security forces with Senegal’s after calling in Senegalese troops to quell a coup attempt. About 1500 Senegalese soldiers have been in Gambia since last Sunday while Jawara and one of his wives were in London for Prince Charles’ wedding.
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