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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1983
Page
5
Mellie Thompson a 46 year old former cleaning lady informally adopts Juan a teen who has lived for years in Los Angeles International Airport. She found him two years ago bought him food and has since fed clothed and sheltered him off and on though he often returns to the terminal.
Washington news outlines 1982 to 1985 tax shifts affecting about 9 million workers as Social Security tax bases rise from 32 400 to 35 700 and federal employees begin 1.3 percent Medicare contributions. The pass through includes cigarette taxes doubling, passport price jump, and gasoline tax rise in April.
Reagan becomes eligible to receive full Social Security benefits in 1983 despite his $200,000 salary under new law. The act allows retirees aged 70 to 72 to earn unlimited income without losing benefits, a change expanding the prior rule for those over 72. White House spokesman Peter Roussel noted Reagan may donate any entitled benefits to the national debt fund.
Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone hinted Japan will raise defense spending beyond the 1983 budget, saying stronger U S ties and self help are needed. He warned that failing to resolve economic strains with the United States could trigger a terrible recession.
In Mocksville North Carolina residents report six month appearance of small black dots on cars and structures. state officials and researchers found a waxy type material with dark brown and black particles, incinerator ash like, but could not identify a source after lab tests.
Argentina agrees to a 15 month bridge loan of $1.1 billion with Citibank as agent and an additional $1.5 billion over five years from a group of 250 international banks. The total package reaches $2.6 billion as Argentina carries about $40 billion in foreign debt.
A powerful explosion and fire gutted a downtown Stockholm nightclub and shattered hundreds of windows after a bomb threat. Police say there are no confirmed casualties though damage is extensive. The club had recently reopened after a prior incendiary fire.
Management and four unions reached a one month truce on incomplete contracts preventing a January 1 strike. The accord covers 90,000 Harlem Hudson and New Haven riders from Grand Central through February 1 while tentative deals were finalized with 13 other unions.
Lexington Ky AP A University of Kentucky student becomes the nation’s first diabetic to receive ongoing treatment with Humulin insulin produced by genetically altered bacteria. Kent Northcutt 21 from Calvert City gave himself the injection at Central Baptist Hospital after a news conference. The drug is made by bacteria engineered with the human insulin gene replacing animal-derived insulin.
A 37 year old Chicago police officer Patrolman Oliver Simmons was indicted on rape official misconduct and unlawful restraint charges. The alleged assault occurred December 12 when the 20 year old woman said Simmons pulled up in his squad car accused her of prostitution and raped her three times while on duty.
An Indiana woman discovered a skin fragment and part of a fingernail in a 46 ounce can of Stokley Van Camp tomato juice. Pathologist John Pless measured the skin piece at about 1% inches by 1 inch. Police say the find occurred December 22 while the woman prepared food. A Stokely Van Camp spokeswoman reported no reported packing accident.
Richard Ray Bowen 29, district circulation manager for the San Jose Mercury News, was arraigned on charges of attempted murder and willful poisoning of medicine after his wife Susan Bowen suffered a cyanide triggered stroke. A judge denied $15,000 bail, delaying his plea to Wednesday while police investigated capsule contamination linked to Maxi mum Strength Anacin-3.
A 26-year-old woman died of respiratory failure less than 48 hours after receiving a heart and two lungs at the Texas Heart Institute. The organs came from a 32-year-old traffic accident victim. A prior recipient died December 15 from double pneumonia.
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