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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1982
Page
3
The Pentagon completed a strategic master plan last week under the Reagan administration to ensure the United States can win a prolonged nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union. The document outlines long term capabilities and wartime objectives for a nuclear scenario.
The article describes the National Survival Game a grown up version of capture the flag where two teams of players wearing camouflage and painting faces use air guns in a 30 acre Sutton New Hampshire area to seize the other team’s flag. Critics say Reagan missed a chance to back paid acreage diversion during his farm visit.
Iowa's U S representatives failed to kill the bill creating Radio Marti to broadcast to Cuba yet their effort showed a unified front. Gazette Washington correspondent David Lynch notes the incident as evidence of the delegation's hard work and growing respect in the House.
The Linn County Human Services Planning Resources Center will close next month and project director Larry Harmon says he is not real sad, believing the center has accomplished its mission. The piece notes high school graduates seek work rather than college, with Sylvia Porter offering career suggestions on page 26A.
Members at the FMC and Harnischfeger plants in Cedar Rapids will vote August 31 on a merger creating a new credit union with about 11.5 million dollars in assets. Employees at General Mills and Precision Conveyer would join, boosting membership to roughly 6,500.
Elvis Presley fans return to Graceland for the annual anniversary week honoring the icon. Officials project about 10,000 visitors per day to the Graceland home as the pilgrimage continues after his death.
Iowa's Jack Parsons of Wapello blasts the 1980 grain embargo, arguing farmers would have sold double the grain to the Soviets today. He cites an Agriculture Department report last week that claimed the embargo did not hurt farmers much.
The Iowa State Education Association political arm endorsed Democrat Roxanne Conlin for governor and Robert Anderson for lieutenant governor after unanimous votes by its 65 member central committee. The PAC approved handsomely funded support with Conlin receiving 6500 dollars and Anderson 4500 dollars.
NBC News reporter Robert Bazell and his wife Margot with two children Rebecca and Joshua drifted for three days in a 14 foot boat in the Caribbean. They were rescued by an American tanker about 40 miles southeast of Grand Cayman. Bazell swam to shore when the boat ran out of fuel and anchors failed.
Oil firms Mobil Shell and Tenneco refused to confirm a Cape Cod Times report of hydrocarbons in Georges Bank off Massachusetts. Conoco said it was evaluating a well weekend but offered no comment. The area has seen six years of debate and over 1 billion dollars spent on drilling and surveys.
The U S Open Crossword Puzzle Championship at NYU drew 261 contestants. Stanley Newman of Brooklyn won $1,500 plus dictionaries and a large pencil, with Rebecca Kornbluh and John Chervokas taking second and third.
A Philadelphia fire department paramedic stabbed his girlfriend then shot three firemen, killing one and injuring others, before barricading in a sister’s apartment and surrendering after a 4 hour standoff. James Nero 29 faced multiple charges and will undergo psychiatric tests.
In Guadalajara two children died and 15 youths were seriously injured as fans surged for better seats at an outdoor Los Chamos concert. Red Cross said about 20,000 youths packed the bandshell area when the surge began. Beatriz Adriana Velasco, 5, and Jose de Jesus Salcedo, 9, were among the dead.
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