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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1981
Page
3
Hayden Fry agreed to a ten year deal with the University of Iowa football program, including a ten thousand dollar raise after guiding Iowa to its first winning season in two decades and a Rose Bowl berth.
Federal officials said it will take until 1985 before air traffic returns to normal as new controllers replace about 11 400 fired after the August strike. Helms told a Senate panel the experience level must improve before satisfaction.
A Mount Mercy College Introduction to Criminal Justice class held a student jury hearing the mock murder case involving four Hell's Angels members. The exercise, based on a real Massachusetts case, compared with the 1972 verdict reached by the actual jury.
The First National Bank of Boston offers a 10 percent penny bonus at 35 branches amid a nationwide penny shortage. Officials note hoarding stems from copper price hopes and upcoming zinc penny production, while Old Colony Bank reports a similar program in Hampden County with a customer bringing 100,000 pennies.
In Tripoli, 1500 Americans weigh leaving after the White House blocked travel to Libya and warns of legal steps. Many plan to depart by January end while most prefer to stay, unhappy with the motives of the Reagan Khadafy dispute and hoping for a resolution.
Rep. Berkley Bedell introduces legislation with Rep. Doug Bereuter to prohibit interstate sale of Missouri River water for use outside the state without unanimous consent of the draining states. The measure targets South Dakota's plan to sell water to ETSI for a coal slurry pipeline and cites worries about precedent and regional water and sewage impacts.
City Council approved a six passenger Cessna 206 purchase adding to a fleet that includes four police patrol helicopters two air ambulance Hueys and a twin engine plane. The craft arrived at the hangars under state surplus rules costing about 1000 for title transfer with a projected 10 000 to finish overhaul and a possible sale at 30 000 after five years.
Rebels report Soviet tanks chased fighters into Chahar Dehi bazaar in Kundoz province and opened fire killing 35 civilians and wounding over 100. One hour clash left 11 Russians dead. the attack followed a midnight assault on Ghaziabad base near Jalalabad with three officers and five soldiers killed.
The article notes that author Erskine Caldwell celebrates his 78th birthday today. Caldwell, known for his socially charged novels, is highlighted in the piece as turning another year older.
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