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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1982
Page
1
A severe storm forces residents to seek shelter as drifting snow closes numerous highways across Iowa. The Midwest faces plummeting temperatures and icy conditions, prompting travel advisories and cancellations.
A fast moving polar wave struck the Midwest causing snowplows to stop and Nebraska buses to return home. Low temperatures were forecast 20 to 45 below zero across the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin with 60 mph winds and blizzard conditions in parts of Montana and western Minnesota. Iowans evacuated schools and offices as authorities closed facilities and urged non essential businesses to shut down amid record cold and fierce winds.
A humor line notes that lenders call certain loans personal because missed payments invite aggressive collection. The quip suggests banks’ persistence when payments stop.
Retailers report heavy weekend shopping amid bitter cold forecasts. Liquor stores on Sixteenth Avenue SW and Fifth Avenue SE see surge as shoppers stock up by the case. Me Too Marion and Hy-Vee report busy Fridays with full shelves and long lines as customers stock up.
The Democratic Party shortened its presidential primary season while preserving Iowa and New Hampshire at the front of the calendar. The plan keeps these states dominant early in the process and criticised for their outsized influence. The convention voting rule was loosened to allow virtually free delegate voting, reversing the 1980 eject-or-replace rule.
The FTC dropped a ten year antitrust case against Kellogg General Mills General Foods and Quaker Oats for operating a shared monopoly. The ruling was made with prejudice and Quaker was already dropped. Kellogg and supporters had lobbied to halt the suit as President Reagan criticized it.
Philip Cline, a 24 year old former Hilton busboy in Las Vegas, was found guilty of one count of arson and eight counts of first degree murder for the February fire that killed eight people and injured 200 at the Las Vegas Hilton. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty during the penalty phase.
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