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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1983
Page
3
Pope John Paul I elevated 18 clerics to cardinals on Wednesday. Leaders named include Archbishop Jozef Glemp of Poland and Chicago Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, who helped draft a bishops pastoral letter condemning nuclear war.
An elderly farm couple from Carman Illinois wandered for nine days and 4000 miles after delivering a Christmas gift. They were found Wednesday unharmed but disoriented. Their route crossed Illinois and possibly extended to Chicago Paducah Kentucky and may have touched Indiana and Missouri.
In the 1970s Harold Hughes considered a presidential bid but withdrew citing war commitments. A Fairfield column notes Hughes remains grounded on real-world limits and political timing. Separately, Michael Rohn reports Bruce Farris in a Linn County Jail case threatened him during a jail visit.
Iowa prisoners serving life terms could be permitted to work outside the walls for the first time since 1975 when a life term inmate killed two Anamosa residents after being taken to Anamosa High School for a first aid class. The note appears in State news and mentions other features on Living Today and NCAA probation for Wichita State in sports.
Farmers praise the unseasonably warm stretch for saving feed costs and reducing breeding troubles. They note livestock can clean up downed corn, improving farm operations during the mild spell.
Donations to an Illinois Gas and Electric Co energy assistance program have exceeded expectations. Customer gifts totaling 998 dollars were added to utility bill payments received since mid December in the Cedar Rapids service area.
A brief note reflects on broken resolutions as the year begins, urging readers to stay hopeful and keep trying despite initial setbacks. The column frames January as a time for renewed effort and persistence.
A 31 year old Oregon woman died after taking an Anacin-3 capsule that contained cyanide. Investigators probe homicide as they test pills from her home and seek the source of the poison. Authorities note past Tylenol cyanide cases and a San Jose suspect in a related poisoning attempt.
Giovanni Vigliotto, 53, an ex-convict who has said he married up to 82 or more women and used 51 aliases, goes on trial in Maricopa County for fraud and bigamy tied to his November 18 1981 marriage to Patricia Gardiner. Marshaled by Judge Angus Coulter, the case features delay requests and an insanity plea option, with Gardiner recalling a $36 500 loss and personal belongings taken.
Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport officials and airlines meet over a new terminal design with airlines opposing higher fees. Roy Jameson notes progress but questions whether the airlines will accept cost increases. Ozark United and Mississippi Valley seek a smaller layout and warn of possible bond delays.
Five years ago President Jimmy Carter concluded an eight day seven nation swing with a stop at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The trip highlighted U.S. commitment to alliance security and transatlantic ties.
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