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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1982
Page
3
Bess Truman, nation’s oldest living first lady, turns 97 today and may outlive us all despite ill health per her doctor. The item appears on People page 4A.
Mary Ellen Shaver a 40 year old California mother struck against her teenage children for five days saying she will not perform mothering tasks until the kids acknowledge her effort. Her husband supporting the move notes their lives are largely dictated by the children and the strike has given them independence with dinners out and kids cooking at home.
Cedar Rapids police, aided by a helicopter, shot and killed two dogs and killed the third after the animals roamed near Monroe Developmental Center for months. Shelter workers pursued tranquilizers and traps but could not safely capture them. Residents described ongoing trash raids and frightening encounters with the dogs.
Rutgers Newark biology building Smith Hall closed indefinitely amid NIOSH findings of airborne estradiol benzoate in five of seven classrooms. W. DeVizio Jr. sues Rutgers over his wife Giselle's cancer death, citing exposure. officials cite ventilation complaints and pending tests.
Five inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary were indicted by the Lee County grand jury on first degree murder in the May 18 stabbing death of Allen E. Lewis. Named defendants are Murray Lee Doss Tommy L. Farmer Allen Eugene Langley Rodney Dale McDowall and Jerry Lee Williams. Lewis 27 of Moberly Missouri was stabbed in a shower area near the gym. If convicted they face life in prison. The grand jury recessed for the weekend with further investigations planned.
Cedar Rapids man Donald R. Mallory 28 was charged with first degree theft after a bank official alerted police to suspected fraud in Merchants National Bank. He allegedly defrauded a 79 year old man of about 15955 over five months by promising high yield government stocks. Mallory held on $5000 bond in Linn County Jail.
Cedar Rapids carriers were ordered to resume full route delivery after a week of eight hour limits. Postmaster Robert Hart cited improving weather and fewer accidents as reasons for returning to full-scale delivery, denying overtime-cut motives. Weather had caused ice and snow delays and injuries.
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