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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1982

Page

5

Hepburn Injured In Snowy Route 153 Car Crash

Katharine Hepburn, 73, was injured when her car lost control on a snow covered road near her Old Saybrook summer home and hit a utility pole. A passenger, Phyllis Wilbourn, suffered a shoulder injury. both were taken to hospitals.

Old Saybrook Conn Katharine Hepburn Miss Hepburn Phyllis Wilbourn Shoreline Clinic Essex Hartford Hospital Hepburn Pat Konopka Fenwick Connecticut

Santa Robs Bank in Elfin Themed Heist With Jocular Exit

A gunman dressed as Santa robbed the Maury City Bank of Alamo branch at 9 am carrying two Christmas packages. He ordered workers to fill the larger box, warned of shooting if a head appeared, and fled in a car stolen from a Halls fast food restaurant. No injuries. Sheriff Neal Klyce noted witnesses saw him wave.

Maury City Tenn Donnie Bates Bank of Alamo Bates Dana Sanders Sanders Crockett County Neal Klyce Klyce

Scientists say Europa might harbor life beneath Jupiter’s ice

NASA researchers at Ames say ice-covered oceans on Europa could host tiny, intermittent life forms. Based on Voyager data and to be published in Nature, the scientists note long-shot possibilities and seek ocean exploration for primitive organic chemistry on the icy moon.

San Francisco Jupiter Space Agency Ray Reynolds Europa Reynolds Steven Squyres American Geophysical Union NASA Ames Research Center Mountain View Calif Earth Nature Viking Mars Moon

Supreme Court rules autopsy records not public

Tennessee high court said the post mortem was ordered by Elvis Presley’s father, not the state, so reporters from ABC’s 20 20 were not entitled to all autopsy reports. The ruling upheld that reports not in the medical examiner’s possession or official files are not subject to disclosure. Presley died August 16 1977 and official cause was heart attack.

Jackson, Tenn Elvis Presley Tennessee Supreme Court Jerry Francisco Shelby County Hugh Stanton ABC Presley Supreme Court D.J. Allissandrates Francisco Stanton

Panel backs raising drinking age to 21

A presidential commission urged states to raise the legal drinking age to 21 to curb drunk driving and highway deaths. President Reagan praised the interim report and announced National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week, honoring Candy Lightner of MADD after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver.

Washington Reagan MADD Mothers Against Candy Lightner Fair Oaks Calif

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