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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1982
Page
3
An American graduate student describes being trapped in total panic as peasants flee a Salvadoran military offensive and troops allegedly fire on unarmed civilians. Protesters plan a vigil outside Fort Bragg to oppose Green Beret training of El Salvador soldiers.
Marion police officers ratified a one year contract after an 18 hour mediation. The agreement gives a 7 percent across the board raise next year and boosts clothing allowance from 300 to 400 with a 100 increase planned for the following year. The pact excludes discipline and off duty work policies despite union push. City Manager Carl Ramey called negotiations sound and the council must approve before July 1.
Dear Abby readers on page 14A offered mixed feedback about a poem by a husband involved with another woman. One reader called the poem wonderful while another labeled it junk.
William E Donoghue publisher of Donoghue's Moneyletter Holliston MA advises comparing banks before opening a checking account or depositing in a savings certificate. This guidance appears on page 4B.
Doris Engstrom argues that congressional talk about farming and farm life reveals a problem with how the issue is treated. The column notes the page 5B feature discussing these debates and frustrations.
The Iowa Department of Health will hold a 1 p.m. Thursday hearing in the Iowa Room at Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids on a proposed law granting rights to all residents of nursing homes and care facilities.
The Cincinnati Bengals and the San Francisco 49ers won their conference title games Sunday and will play in the Super Bowl on January 24.
January marks births of Benjamin Franklin and Franklin D Roosevelt in this Mini Page note noting two prominent Franks born in the month.
Frigid weekend weather drove record demand for gas and electricity. Iowa Electric Light and Power and Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric reported high use but limited outages. North English and nearby towns were placed under a natural gas emergency with thermostats urged to 65 degrees. Residents and service crews worked to restore pressure and furnaces as issues spread from Cedar Rapids to mobile home parks.
Masonville resident Paul David Fangman 23 died Saturday night after stepping from a wrecker on Highway 150 six miles south of Rowley and being struck by a car driven by Dean Bellou 31 of Independence. Visibility was zero at the time. In a separate weather related fatality in Scott County Roger L Hoffman 37 of Moline Ill died in a head on collision with a semi truck on Highway 61 one mile north of Park View. The truck driver was not seriously injured.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company lists address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and notes subscription rates by carrier and mail including Morning Editions and Sunday. It states AP exclusive republication rights and USPS designation 095680.
Melvin J. Corson was installed as president of the Cedar Rapids High Twelve Club at the Embassy Club on Friday. Other officers installed included J. Harvey Smyth as first vice president Edward Olson as second vice president and Floyd Knapp as secretary treasurer.
Dr. James Van Allen, University of Iowa physicist renowned for the Earth radiation belt, discusses observing Saturn and the solar system’s development. He notes dinosaurs may have fallen to a 65 million year asteroid, and outlines his career from Mt. Pleasant to Iowa City, with a landmark 1958 radiation belt discovery.
Marion garbage crews will not collect today and will run one day behind all week due to snow and cold. Snow removal workers have been clearing streets since 5 p.m. Saturday but drifts and stranded motorists on 29th Avenue delayed progress. Low temperatures Sunday hindered snow removal equipment and maintenance.
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