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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1983
Page
3
A study by the Media Institute finds prime time TV overrepresents violent crime, with an average of 1.7 crimes per show and murders far exceeding real-life rates. It notes cops face mundane offenses less on screen than in reality.
Senator Paul Laxalt told ABC in This Week that Reagan will likely slow defense spending and back a contingency tax increase after 1984 if deficits stay high. He urged a broad, selective freeze on spending and warned that without defense cuts, budget targets won’t be met.
Lebanese security police entered Tripoli's Kabbeh slums to enforce a cease fire between pro and anti Syrian militias with reinforcements to follow. Five killed and multiple wounded raise seven week toll to 213 as talks on foreign forces resume in Khalde. Mubarak urged rapid progress on the Reagan peace plan before the U.S. election cycle begins.
Former President Richard Nixon celebrated his 70th birthday at his Saddle River New Jersey residence with wife Pat, two daughters and three grandchildren. Spokesman Nicholas Rowe said no elaborate plans were set, and local police chief William Smith noted occasional security talks with Nixon.
Mayor Duncan Cameron, age 70, said he was invited to two parties and that the city welcomes the visitor. In Salt Lake City, Barney Clark's literary agent Lucy Kroll will handle rights to his story to aid the long recuperation of the heart transplant patient. In San Francisco, Bill and Emily Harris, slated for June parole, are described as model prisoners who may contribute rejoined life with new jobs and notoriety fading.
Emmanuel Xuereb and his wife Maria were held for five days at their London home as kidnappers demanded 3.2 million dollars from a diamond dealer father. Police stormed a South London house early Sunday freeing the couple amid a high profile probe led by Scotland Yard. Three men face charges as investigators pursued ransom calls and a note with a severed finger motif.
In Warsaw Poland authorities continue to jail more than 1500 dissidents despite the formal end of martial law. A major roundup near Poznan involved an underground printing plant run by an art historian and a history lecturer, with 15 activists arrested. In Cairo Egypt Esmat Sadat pleaded innocent to corruption but was rebuffed by the court, while in Valparaiso Chile two policemen were condemned to death for a spree of murders rapes and robberies targeting couples at the beach near Viña del Mar.
In Mammoth Lakes California officials link recent Sierra quakes to underground magma movement from an ancient volcano, suggesting potential volcanic activity. U S Geological Survey notes the quakes reflect magma flow rather than ordinary seismic activity.
Regional road bulletin lists routes through Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls plus Davenport Ames Des Moines Fairfield Fort Dodge and Des Moines area segments with current driving conditions and minor delays expected across major corridors. Local authorities urge caution and plan alternate routes if needed.
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