Weekend Storms Hit Iowa With Ice and Snow Delays
The National Weather Service reports widespread snow across eastern Iowa with 2 inches or more, winds causing drifting, and subzero temperatures. Roads ice up, several highways blocked, and IDOT snowplows deployed in five northeastern counties. Weekend activities delayed or canceled, Kirkwood classes rescheduled, and Antigone performances postponed to January 29 and 30.
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Gazette
National Weather Service
Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Calmar
Postville
Decorah
Iowa Department of Transportation
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette and
Clayton
Bob Davis
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Washington High School
Ozark Airlines
Record High January Temperatures in Cedar Rapids
A review of last winter shows Cedar Rapids posting multiple record high temperatures on Jan 24 and 25 with 59 and 61 degrees, surpassing 1919 and 1944 records. Through February to April, highs reached into the 70s while lows set a new warm pattern, contrasting with this year’s record-breaking lows.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Quarter game on campus leads to medical removals
Doctors at the University of Iowa Hospitals report more students swallowing quarters during a beer drinking game called quarters. Between 15 and 20 cases since term began required surgery or endoscopic removal as coins lodge in the esophagus or stomach area.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa
Robert J. Hegeman
Ossian Snow Strands National Guard Units in Iowa Snowstorm
Ossian Iowa braced as 7 to 8 inches of new snow and rain blocked roads stranding five buses from Rock Island Illinois at Highway 52 near Ossian. Guardsmen from 2nd Battalion 123rd Field Artillery and 123rd Infantry plus 747th Maintenance Company were rescued and sheltered at community sites before overnight parking at South Winneshiek Middle School.
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Ossian
Iowa
National Guard
Rock Island
Ill
Camp Ripley
Minn
123Rd Field Artillery
123Rd Infantry
Highway
Mike Scheidel
Lyle Bodensteiner
Oshkosh
South Winneshiek Middle School
Earl Tatum
Winneshiek County
Inflation Slows to 8.9 Percent in 1981
The 1981 consumer price surge was 8.9 percent, the smallest rise in four years, due to lower food energy and housing costs. December CPI rose 0.4 percent as the year ended, sparking debate over credit to Reagan versus recession and world oil factors.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Reagan
Williams linked to 12 slayings in Atlanta case
In Atlanta, fibers, blood, and witnesses tie Wayne Williams to 12 slayings of young black victims beyond the two he faces trial for. A prosecutor argued to admit evidence of other deaths during the Cater and Payne murder trial. Judge Cooper promised a ruling by Monday.
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Atlanta
Wayne Williams
Joe Drolet
Williams
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Superior Court
Clarence
Cooper
Harold Deadman
FBI
Washington
Cater
Payne
Father explains son’s path to astronaut career
A father describes his college-age son pursuing space exploration studies. The student focuses on coursework and experiments that align with astronaut training. He plans to apply to aerospace programs and internships to advance toward space missions.
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