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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1978
Page
14
One week old Polar bears at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson weigh under two pounds each and are thriving under daily care by Dr. Thomas Moore and his wife. The newborns, Arizona's first Polar bears, face a 50 50 chance of reaching adulthood as they grow under human guardianship.
Riverside and San Bernardino counties surge as nearly 1,000 people weekly move toward cheap desert land. Newcomers from Los Angeles and Orange counties pursue affordable housing, causing urban growth, strained utilities, and clashes over growth controls amid hot summers and pollution.
Desert cities from Palm Springs to Riverside face rapid housing expansion as new construction booms, moratorium battles, and rising population strain schools and sewage capacity. Condo living questions center on maintenance, governance, and cost, with residents weighing majority rule against personal autonomy amid regionwide sprawl pressures.
In San Antonio a 34 year old man Robert Riojas known as El Comanche and two women stood at a Mexican restaurant. After two hours of mariachi music police say Riojas fired a pistol at the ceiling. He and the two women arrested. Riojas posted a $10,000 bond and was released. He had a prior murder conviction and 20 year sentence. The two women posted bonds of $5,000 each. A Benedictine monk is noted in a separate fragment about the liqueur Benedictine.
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