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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1983
Page
4
The Gazette notes Unity Center will host its New Year Burning Bowl Service at 11 a.m. Sunday as part of three annual rituals. Religion editor Sandra VanAmburg previews the observance on religion pages.
A year-end photo review reprises the Lebanon and Falklands conflicts, Brezhnev's funeral, Walesa’s release, Vietnam Veterans Memorial opening, Prince William birth, E T, and Reagan corn shucking. It recalls May McAvoy as Rose Queen from six decades earlier in a channel page note.
Lisa Trewmewan, a produce market clerk, faces a gunman demanding money but says she feels unwell and refuses the crime. Another clerk reports Lisa then grabs the gun, averting the robbery. No injuries cited.
In Warsaw President Jablonski warned the coming year will be difficult amid suspended martial law and tighter controls. Gen. Jaruzelski and the government signaled possible reimposition of crackdowns while Solidarity’s fate remains disputed between leaders and authorities.
Western and Afghan diplomats report Kabul towns and a key airport under intensified guard after guerrilla strikes on two airbases. A fatal firefight near Darulaman and Khair Khaneh base, plus an Afghan-Soviet hospital, prompted house to house searches and roadblocks amid ongoing power outages.
The Reagan administration plans to name Kuwait a reciprocal nation under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act allowing Kuwait to explore for minerals on U.S. public lands. The move follows similar actions for Canada Cyprus and Sweden and comes amid concerns about foreign control of strategic resources. Kuwait's investment power and links to Santa Fe International Corp. are noted as influential factors.
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