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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1985
Page
2
Henry Agard Wallace once predicted farm families would be under 4 percent of the population by 1983. Census data now shows about 22 percent of Americans live on farms, reflecting a dramatic shift from his expectation and highlighting changes in rural life since his vice presidency.
The Iowa Lions Eye Bank in Iowa City has facilitated about 2,150 cornea transplants at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics since 1955. Cedar Rapids area donations have grown significantly in recent years.
Amelia Schmidt, 109, of Riverview Care Center Guttenberg, born in a log cabin, walked a mile to school. She is a veteran of over age 100 interviews and speaks on expected questions as featured in Growing Older page 6B.
Cornell College professor and poet Robert Dana received a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Dana called the award a major encouragement and noted it does not prove he is a terrific writer. He said recognition helps him continue his work.
A Cedar Rapids worker injured at Farmstead Foods prompts a dispute over who chooses medical care. The company doctor clears him to return, while his personal physician says to rest. The case highlights tensions among doctors, labor, and management and will be debated by the Iowa Legislature this year.
San Francisco police say Jeny Garcia 42 of San Rafael was arrested in Golden Gate Park on two counts of narcotics possession and paraphernalia after officers smelled burning and saw tin foil. Bail set at 7250 dollars. Garcia released after posting.
Cathy Evelyn Smith, 37, has ended her appeal against extradition to the United States over the 1982 death of John Belushi. She is set to be returned to Los Angeles to face charges, with arraignment expected within 24 hours, after negotiations between prosecutors and defense attorneys. Belushi died from acute heroin and cocaine poisoning at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Strip.
A Maryland Senate joint resolution asks the General Assembly to acknowledge the possible existence of Chessie, the Chesapeake Bay phenomena. Sponsor Sen. George Della notes the 35 foot, eel like creature with humps and elliptical head. the measure supports continued investigation and protection if a monster exists.
Christian Jacques David, 53, a French citizen linked to the French Connection heroin ring, was released early for good behavior after serving part of a 20 year sentence for smuggling 66 pounds of heroin into the United States. He had been held at Leavenworth after time in Atlanta.
A benefit for rape victims in New York was postponed a week after actors Sergio Bertolli and Linda Nelson were beaten and robbed by four youths near 50th Street. The show Good-bye Rome honors murdered actress Caroline Isenberg, stabbed to death on December 2 after auditioning. Police arrested two Brooklyn youths, Anton Carthens and Lashon Carthens, charged with first-degree robbery.
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