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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1982
Page
3
In Atlanta a judge ruled prosecutors may introduce evidence linking Wayne Williams to ten additional slayings, including fibers, bloodstains and witness testimony to support a pattern in the deaths. The Nation 4A.
The Juilliard String Quartet performed at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City Monday night. The refined program echoed the music of stately drawing rooms and royal art as critics noted a graceful performance.
The director of the Linn County Care Facility psychiatric unit urges the Iowa Department of Health to create separate rules protecting the rights of mentally ill residents in Iowa nursing homes. Linn County, page 5A.
Superintendent Marvin Maire recommends closing Wilson Junior High School in June 1984 if the school board approves. Cedar Rapids report notes a board meeting Monday night and details on page 7A.
Gov. Robert Ray backs a plan to tax Individual Retirement Accounts, but rank-and-file Republicans and Democrats raise strong objections, with one GOP lawmaker calling consideration "political death by own action." Statehouse News, page 9A.
The San Francisco 49ers returned home to a massive parade of cheering fans, their victory contrasted with the Bengals defense in Super Bowl XVI as crowds clogged city streets making passage tough.
The National Farmers Organization asked members to donate 300000 pounds of beef pork and powdered milk to Poland for its needy. DeVon Woodland said the group wants to show they care despite economic pressures on American agriculture.
A noon gas explosion rocked the City Extension annex of Camden County College in Camden, shattering the three story building and injuring at least 48 people with three in critical condition. Witnesses described a sudden blast and shaking structures across the street near an ARCO station.
City engineer Dick Ransom reports high methane in a four-plex at 2205 C Street SW last Friday. Four seven inch diameter vents drilled along old Hawthorne Drive SW reduced the leak. subsequent checks found little to no gas. Monitoring holes will be drilled to locate the source and depth, with plans for gas collection at the landfill site.
Iowa Rep William Harbor proposes a bill to let motor vehicles use horns that play school fight songs on highways. He argues the feature is common with regular horns and should be allowed despite past arrest of a Nebraska fan for sounding a horn it in protest.
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie win favorite single for Endless Love at the ninth American Music Awards. Kenny Rogers wins favorite pop rock male and Greatest Hits is named favorite album in both country and pop rock. Barbara Mandrell earns favorite female country vocalist. Willie Nelson and Anne Murray split country single honors.
Apollo era veteran Deke Slayton, head of the space shuttle flight test program, says his job is being terminated as NASA weighs extending his reemployed annuitant status. Officials have not decided on an extension while the shuttle program advances toward its third test flight in two months.
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