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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1982
Page
3
A witness tied Wayne Williams to fibers found on the bodies of two young black victims, stating it was highly unlikely the fibers came from anywhere but his home and car. The remarks were made during the murder trial in Atlanta.
Arab leaders convene Thursday to condemn the U.S. veto of an anti-Israel Security Council resolution and threaten economic retaliation, calling the U.S. action the law of the jungle. The report appears on page 4A.
Linn County civil defense director Bill Bjorenson calls last fall's emergency drill at the Duane Arnold Energy Center ill conceived and incomplete. The report appears on the Linn County page 11A.
The Hawkeyes nearly fell to Northwestern but edged out a victory in the Wildcats den in a hard fought basketball game decided in the final seconds.
Shirley Chisholm, 57, reflects on her 13 years in Congress and a presidential bid, saying she remains a voice for underdogs while lamenting weaker coalition building in Washington. She warns Americans to guard democracy against laziness and Reagan era cuts.
Health officials search Veterans Auditorium for a bat after Ozzy Osbourne reportedly bit the animal’s head during a Des Moines concert. Osbourne sought rabies treatment at multiple hospitals and received vaccines and a tetanus shot. Police did not confirm the bat incident, noting only ambiguous crowd reports and other odd stage elements.
Iowa City disputes over a grace period for draft registration follow Reagan's Jan 7 decision to continue registration. Selective Service director Turnage set a deadline of Feb 28 for 800,000 unregistered men born after Jan 1, 1960, with penalties possible but not expected.
New York AP report says jailhouse author Jack Henry Abbott was found emotionally disturbed when he stabbed Richard Adan to death outside a Greenwich Village restaurant. Jurors deliberated over two days before verdicts. sentencing set for Feb. 24 with psychiatric evaluation ordered.
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