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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1983
Page
13
A woman was found dead outside an apartment at 1901 West Fifth Street early Friday morning after temperatures plunged to 21 below zero. Police report no foul play and cite extreme cold as the cause. the city saw record lows and a warm-up forecast for Christmas with snow chances daily.
Iowa Highway Patrol urges travelers to remain in their vehicles during extreme cold. Keep blankets and food, run heater briefly for warmth, ventilate with two cracked windows, and avoid sleeping all at once. Several motorists aided as diesel gel caused stalling. frostbite cases reported but not serious.
A sweeping cold wave grips the nation with frigid highs and record lows in the Midwest and Rockies. Arctic air drives wind chills to 50 to 90 below, while snow squalls and a winter storm warn up to a foot hit western New York and the Great Lakes region. Pacific storms threaten heavy snow from California to the Northwest, with extensive snow across the northern tier and mixed precipitation spilling into Arizona and Texas.
State Department spokesman John Hughes cites politicization budget mismanagement and press freedom limits as core UNESCO criticisms. He notes a 6.1 percent spending rise amid U.N. agencies’ restraint and reports of high living costs in Paris. The agency’s “new world information and communication order” fuels Western fears of censorship.
Climatologist Bill Lytle says December may become the coldest on record with mean temps around 4 degrees. Blizzard warnings surface in California's Sierra Nevada with up to two feet of snow in southern Cascades. Power outages affect Oregon and Arkansas as utilities struggle to meet high heating demand.
The Italian president denounces American actions in Lebanon as defense of Israel while notes on U S raids against Syrian and guerrilla sites. The Craxi government trims Italy’s Beirut contingent by half amid Lebanon tensions and scrutiny of Reagan’s Lebanon speech.
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