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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1983
Page
3
The Justice Department considers forming a specialized FBI hostage rescue squad as an alternative to military intervention in major hostage crises. Meanwhile federal funds push I 380 expansion 24 million dollars between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
Prudential Insurance assigns Jack Glover, regional VP of marketing, to temporarily head the Cedar Rapids district after the district manager James M. Doyne and two sales managers were fired for training and sales practices not condoned by the company. Four others were terminated or investigated as the company probes policy loans used to purchase new insurance. The Iowa Insurance Department plans hearings on licenses affecting two Prudential agents.
The remains of Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. John J. Stascowski, one of 22 Americans missing after a B 24 crash in New Guinea on March 22, 1944, were returned to Holyoke. Natives found the wreckage in 1980 and DNA dentals confirmed the identifiers before burial beside his mother.
President Reagan invited Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China to visit the United States in 1983. Zhao accepted the invitation and a meeting with Reagan will be arranged for June or September after talks by Secretary of State George Shultz. The Taiwan issue remains the main hurdle in improving ties.
Payless Cashways, the nation's fastest growing building materials chain, claims room for expansion as no rival in the $54 billion industry holds over $1 billion of market share. The remark comes as Metro-Iowa notes students seek classes their districts do not offer. Page 26A and page 90 references accompany the report.
The Yukon Territory faces extreme winter conditions with snow in many months and temperatures around 40 below. Daylight is brief with sun rising after 10 a.m. and setting around 3 30 p.m. Some say God was tired when he made the Yukon. World, page 14F.
The fifth annual Gazette Recipe Contest expands to eight categories including microwaves and low calorie dishes with eight entry fields. Contest judging will feature new chair Charlotte Young and a panel including Cathy Johnson Nina Swan Lester Sykora and Susan Athoff, while returning judges sustain expertise. Entries due Feb 25 at noon, postmark by Feb 24, with prize structure totaling 100 in cash across categories and a grand prize.
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