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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1983
Page
3
The State Department’s top human rights official calls the USSR’s emigration cutback an act of evil. He reports only 1,307 Jews are expected to leave the Soviet Union this year, down from a 1979 peak of 51,320.
Towboat pilot Dave Carter scans fog on the Mississippi while his vessel and two others remain stranded near Buffalo Iowa in Scott County. Officials say the boats will likely stay stuck until March.
Firefighters used the Marion cafe as a makeshift hamburger assembly line after a late Saturday blaze. Owner Jeff Benson opened the restaurant to feed the working crew, as calm returned to the town on Tuesday.
Area employers met with college seniors Tuesday at the Roosevelt Hotel to discuss opportunities and dress standards for job hunting. In Linn County news, Doc Ted Beuter received a blue sucker from supervisors after assisting in the birth of a baby boy in Springville, marking his sixth delivery.
A water pipe in an outside basement wall froze during a Monday thaw and ruptured, flooding the basement area and the Building Department. Crews cleaned up Monday and found renewed flooding on Tuesday while Cedar Rapids City Hall remained closed for a holiday.
Coach Hayden Fry downplays Iowa football’s third nationally in yardage noting the offense is rusty but not a major concern. Fry remains confident about the team’s progress as the season unfolds.
Dodgers star Maury Wills was arrested on a grand theft auto investigation after police found a stolen vehicle and a small quantity of what appeared to be cocaine beside him. The long time Dodgers shortstop is under investigation for grand theft auto.
The government investigates hundreds of recalls and sudden, uncontrolled acceleration in General Motors cars. After five years, authorities have not determined the cause. The report appears on Money page 5C.
An Iowa official said on Tuesday that most homes and farmsteads maintain ample fuel supplies despite record cold. Energy hotlines report no heating shortage as demand rises across the state.
The Iowa Department of Banking will operate Security State Trust and Savings Bank in Bettendorf until it is sold to new owners. The senior banking official says a sale is hoped within weeks, though the department can legally run a bank for up to three years.
Sanitation crews in Cedar Rapids and Marion followed normal schedules during the holiday week causing many residents to miss pickups after setting out trash a day late. City officials report backlogs and altered next week schedules to manage the delay.
Three men from St. Louis were charged with murder and armed robbery after attackers blocked a car on Interstate 55 in Illinois, fatally shooting a 12-year-old Laotian boy and later firing at a second car on I 72 near Springfield. A fourth suspect remained sought as police tracked the escape over the snowbound route.
Linn County supervisors seized the county owned 1979 AMC Concord used by County Auditor Merle Kopel for elections staff. The car will join the county pool and then be available to Kopel's staff before elections. no comment from Kopel as he is away.
A three nation Gallup poll, published by the Daily Telegraph, finds 72 percent of Britons believe there is no real privacy due to government snooping, with 38 percent of West Germans and 37 percent of Swiss sharing the view. The poll also notes distrust about government messaging and perceived freedom levels.
In 1974 leftist guerrillas invaded a Christmas party in Managua for the U.S. ambassador killing three guests and taking several prominent Nicaraguans hostage.
A 26 year old Cedar Rapids man turned himself in to face a second degree theft charge. Kelly Johnson 519 17th St NE appeared at Linn County Jail at 10 am. He was charged with possession of more than 500 dollars in property stolen Dec 19 from the Reid Davis residence rural Palo. Bond set at 25000. He is the second person charged in connection with the incident.
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