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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1982
Page
3
The nation’s 42 first ladies were discussed by historians authors journalists and former White House aides. Eleanor Roosevelt was picked as the most distinguished of all. Also noted are university graduation rates and regional notes across Iowa with multiple page references.
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Dear Kleckner criticizes the federal farm program calling it doomed to failure for paying farmers to produce crops and to leave land idle. He argues corn prices will not improve until farming is market driven, not government driven.
The New York Times Service reports a jury in San Antonio began deliberations in the murder case of Federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. Charged are Charles Harrelson for conspiracy to murder and murder, Jo Ann Harrelson for obstruction, and Elizabeth Chagra for conspiracy to murder and obstruct justice with Jamiel Chagra facing later trial. The prosecution portrays Harrelson as a killer-for-hire paid by Chagra amid a web of lies, gamble money, and tapes. defense argues alibi and setup.
Mary Arenas and Rob Taylor wed at Immaculate Conception Church on Saturday. A congratulatory billboard at First Avenue and 13th Street East honored the couple, arranged by the bride’s maid of honor Jean Weepie and friend Bob Beer.
Jurors in the bribery conspiracy case against Teamsters President Roy L. Williams and four others requested seven FBI wiretap transcripts. Judge Prentice Marshall allowed replay but denied jurors copies of final instructions and the indictment to take to their hotel. The six men and six women will resume deliberations at 11 a.m. CST Sunday after hearing eight weeks of testimony and 50 conversations from 14 months of surveillance.
Rome recalls its envoy Carlo Tossi Arnaud from Sofia amid suspicions of Bulgarian espionage and ties to the Red Brigades. Bulgaria had previously recalled its ambassador to Rome as Italy cites investigations into Bulgarian diplomats and a pope assassination attempt.
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