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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1982
Page
3
A narrow footbridge over Sete Quedas gorge gave way on Sunday, sending about 30 injured tourists to hospitals as the river cataracts roared below. The disaster marked one of the world’s great natural spectacles with rescue teams searching for more victims.
New Iowa City restaurant Vanessa’s plans a Feb 8 opening. Owner Jim Mondanaro names the spot after his 10 year old daughter and will decorate interior walls with a pictorial history of turn of the century downtown Iowa City.
A proposed next school year contract outlines an average salary increase of 4.02 percent and a total package increase of 4.31 percent. The article notes Marion on page 7A.
Iowa City Mayor Mary Neuhauser said there will be no church state conflict if the City Council approves a $23 million industrial revenue bond issue for Mercy Hospital. The Catholic hospital plans renovation and construction projects in Iowa City.
Iowa City Community School District directors will discuss proposed budget cuts at an informal work session Tuesday evening. The meeting, noted on page 7B, focuses on potential impacts on students and district programs.
The Agriculture Department reports year farmers produced record corn wheat and milk while the cotton crop reached its largest in 28 years. The price is government costs in some cases. Syracuse upsets Georgetown in national college basketball rankings on Sunday.
Chicago reports say threats plagued afflu ent suburban homes of three University of Iowa freshmen tied to an anti Semitic harassment campaign against Victor Weiss. The suspects Kissinger Schellenberg and Hartel faced fraud and disorderly conduct charges with bonds set at 2000 each as police investigate motives and step up patrols.
Beckie McAreavy of Delhi, her sister Jeanne Cope and brothers Alan and Bob Kemper reunite after 26 years of separation when NM court records traced their birth names and placements. Bob travels from Texas to meet in Omaha, then Iowa City, sharing memories and forming new bonds.
The American Cancer Society projects lung cancer will account for more than a quarter of all cancer deaths in 1982, totaling about 111,000 of 430,000. The 15 to 20 year incubation links modern rates to smoking patterns from a generation ago, with 9,000 more total cancer deaths than 1981.
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