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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1983
Page
7
A farm activist calls the payment in kind grain giveaway a banker's bailout, while Mondale argues the government should not spend 21 billion to discourage production. The remark highlights debate over farm policy.
Center Corp announced Friday it completed its purchase of several Iowa cable television franchises from Cable Communications of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. No price was released though reports put the amount above 20 million dollars. Kazimour Orchards of Cedar Rapids won 16 first place awards in the fruit division at the Iowa State Fair Friday. Eastern Iowans led the livestock shows in the ring.
A Federal Land Bank of Omaha study shows Iowa farm values fell 17 percent in the year ending June 30. Farmers and ranchers accounted for 71 percent of farmland purchases. Page 10B.
President Reagan pressed Hispanic outreach in Tampa calling Cuba the economic basket case of the hemisphere. He said Cuba sells its young men for Soviet subsidies and betrayed its people, as he urged U.S. and regional resolve in Central America and the Caribbean.
In La Paz ahead of talks with President Reagan, President de la Madrid criticizes U.S. naval maneuvers off Central America. He urges peace and economic development and seeks a trade pact to cut duties on textiles, shoes, beer and other exports to the United States.
Jesse E. Wright, 20, of 1411 Seventh Ave. SE, was indicted on first degree arson for a December 12 1982 blaze at 1407 Mount Vernon Road SE. He pleaded not guilty, posted 15 000 bond, and faces trial October 31. Eight residents testified before Linn County grand jury. No injuries were reported.
Fire Marshal Phillip Saunders reports a Thursday afternoon grass fire near 33rd Avenue SW started by children playing with matches. The Fire Department contained the blaze with no injuries and officials urge parents to keep matches away from kids amid hot, dry conditions.
Mercy Hospital announces CPR heart saver classes on August 17 and 18 at five dollars. Mercy's basic rescuer class costs seven dollars fifty and runs at noon on September 7 and 8. The Gazette notes corrections policy and provides contact numbers for inquiries. Louis XIII named Cardinal Richelieu as first minister in 1624.
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