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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1982
Page
3
Democrats reinforce a ban on Republican voting in Democratic elections effectively closing Wisconsin’s open primary. The ruling party officials confirm tighter rules at a Thursday meeting, signaling a decisive shift in primary access.
Clifford Robert Olson admits to bludgeoning stabbing or strangling 11 youths and scattering bodies in bogs and gravel pits. He receives a life prison sentence from a Vancouver judge stating no punishment fits the crimes.
Bill Stewart, superintendent, says the public should learn how federal budget reductions will impact Kirkwood and its students. Jamie Ward, angry after a 40 to 50 minute delay for help following a Dec 28 leg injury in Third Avenue Parkade, laments slow police response and asks for better treatment. Cedar Rapids and Statehouse coverage.
Iowa State University experts propose a method to combat the black cutworm in no till corn fields. The plan could boost yields but no herbicides are labeled to enable its use. Farmers faced losses and replanting in eastern Iowa last spring.
The Air Florida crash survivors were pulled from icy Potomac waters by Park Police, with a nameless man under the ice sacrificing himself to save others. M L Skutnik from the Congressional Budget Office then leapt in to rescue a woman who slipped from a line.
The death toll from the Air Florida crash reached 78 as divers in wet suits retrieved two more victims from the Potomac. Officials also recovered what appears to be cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder housing from the wreckage, while experts consider ice on the wings as a likely factor but note no firm cause has been established.
Susan Strickler Thomas testified that Masterson feared she knew too much about a plan to abduct and steal children then flee to Texas. The Cedar Rapids man, 37, is charged with murder in Donald Schmidt's stabbing and multiple kidnappings and sexual assault involving Thomas.
The Reagan administration suggested the Supreme Court wipe out the Idaho federal court ruling on ERA timing on technical grounds while opposing quick substantive review. Justice Department said it would not oppose expedited consideration of whether the district judge should have issued a ruling, as NOW seeks a fast decision before the June 30 ratification deadline.
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