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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1980
Page
3
Israeli warplanes shot down two Soviet made MIG 21 fighters over southern Lebanon five miles west of Metulla after intercepting raids on Palestinian guerrilla bases. The Israeli commander said all aircraft returned safely.
In a Trybuna Ludu front page entry the Communist Party says 1981 will be hard with decisions not all will accept. It vows a leading role to steer Poland out of crisis and stresses hard patient efforts for the future amid strikes, debt, and looming reforms.
Protestant extremists claim responsibility for the assassination of William Burns 45 a Belfast Protestant Orange Order lodge master and prison guard. The Guard killed Tuesday marks the first such Protestant target death in 11 years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.
The nations largest roasters announce price drops as Hills Brothers lowers wholesale coffee by 18 cents to 2.55 per pound and trims High Yield jars and instant coffee. The cuts follow General Foods and Procter & Gamble and reflect ongoing declines in green coffee and a wider market trend.
President Leopold Sedar Senghor, 74, submitted a resignation to the Senegalese Supreme Court. Prime Minister Abdou Diouf, 45, will assume the presidency at midnight, with Diouf to seek election only at the end of Senghor's term in 1983.
Marshall McLuhan, renowned Canadian communications scholar who coined the phrase the medium is the message, died in his sleep at his Toronto home at age 69. He taught at the University of Toronto for 34 years and survived by his wife Corinne and six children.
Colorado legislators backed by the Republican platform seek to repeal the 55 mph limit and set a 70 mph cap, arguing states rights. The effort follows Reagan’s election and prior fears over highway funds.
Jean Hilliard, 19, survived a night in 22 below zero conditions after a car crash in Minnesota. Found near Lengley by a friend, she was frozen solid yet revived with heating and oxygen. Doctors say she may lose toes but organs remain stable and she is recovering.
Seattle police hunt a man described as flipped-out after he shot at a downtown Gibson House bar killing two and wounding two others in an apparently unprovoked attack. A bartender said the suspect shouted for a drink and fired at about midnight, injuring multiple patrons as he fled.
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