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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1980
Page
3
Eight year old Jeanette Alvarado, a poster child for Easter Seals, is in fair condition after being shot in the head during a New Year celebration outside her grandmother's home in San Antonio. An aunt was wounded. Police have no suspect or motive and are unsure how the shots were fired. Jeanette's public appearances may be affected.
Soviet installed Afghan leader Babrak Karmal warned he would ask Moscow for additional military help as reports place 50 000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan. Diplomats said rebels and Afghan forces clash near central routes while embassies face security strains and NATO contemplates responses.
Kansas City unions announce end of a 12 day work slowdown and plan to phase out policemen and National Guardsmen who have covered firefighting duties. Some crews may resist the order and one firefighter allegedly assaulted the union president during the announcement.
Fire gutted the Sunset Boulevard estate of Sheik Mohammed Al-Fassi and his wife while they were abroad. Officials said the blaze started about 10 p.m. and burned for three hours. Al-Fassi’s father had purchased the four‑acre property for 2.5 million in 1978 and valued the home at 7 million after renovations. witnesses noted much of the structure and the nude statues survived the fire.
Bargainers confined at Bond Court Hotel under court order reached a tentative agreement to end an 11 week Cleveland teachers strike. Judge Coleman postponed back to work order until a union vote on the pact, hoping for a return to class by Friday for the 92,000 pupils in the system.
In Ketchikan Alaska officials say only a light sheen remained as the 741-foot ore carrier Lee Wang Zin capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska with 28 crew unaccounted for. The vessel was being towed 70 miles off Alaska’s southern tip when it vanished beneath the sea.
London reports 100000 steelworkers walk out in Britain's first nationwide steel strike in 54 years. The action targets Thatcher's Conservative government after May 3 elections. State firms face disruption with potential factory closures this month as British Steel Corp. considers further talks while warning the strike may last weeks.
The Turkish military issued a memorandum to the president urging political unity to combat violence that has killed about 2,500 people in two years. Observers see the move as a potential step toward a military takeover, though no intervention is explicitly threatened. The armed forces have long intervened in politics since 1950.
Chicago public schools reopened after the holiday break as officials seek a way to end the financial crisis by Friday. Gov. James Thompson urged unpaid employees and suppliers to wait a few more days while a payment plan is hammered out and possible short term loans are explored.
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