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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1982
Page
4
President Reagan stressed a split policy during a five day swing through Latin America. Nations aligned with the United States would receive military and economic aid while countries backing leftist revolutions faced isolation. The message appeared on page 4A.
ANSA reported that a third Bulgarian official faces accusation of complicity in last year’s shooting of Pope John Paul II. The Gray Lady notes this development as part of ongoing investigations.
An informal City Council session in Iowa City will cover a program aimed at boosting city purchases from women owned and minority owned businesses. Council members are invited to tour Central Junior High School at 3 30 p m to assess the 78 year old building. The school will close at the end of the current year amid ownership disputes between city and district.
South African poet Breyten Breytenbach arrives in Paris with his wife Yolande after being freed from prison with two years left on his nine year sentence. He says he hopes to write and paint, remains undecided about future political activity, and plans to stay near his wife while catching up on sleep.
In Muscatine the Gideon Society stops supplying pocket New Testament Bibles to fifth graders after complaints. School officials say local members notified them the Bibles will not be provided next year. The ICLU threatened action, and officials fear a statewide precedent.
UPI reports Senator Gary Hart visiting Des Moines and Iowa City to gauge support and funds for a potential Democratic presidential campaign in 1984. Hart says he will announce plans “very soon” and notes Kennedy’s withdrawal won’t affect his candidacy while advocating arms control and jobs programs.
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