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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1982
Page
3
Cynthia Marie Weinberg who alleged FBI and her estranged husband framed six congressmen and a senator in Abscam was found hanged Thursday in a neighbor’s home. Page 4A.
A witness testified Thursday that she saw Wayne Williams driving a car with a deceased young Atlanta slaying victim slumped inside and unresponsive when named. Separate item notes seven leftist guerrillas surrendering to Cuban officials aboard a jet arranged by Colombian authorities for 80 hostages.
A Bobby Vinton fan tries to recover a $5,000 diamond and gold identification bracelet dropped during a Green Bay Wisconsin performance last weekend. The item was reported to People, page 12A.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors weighs whether to establish a public defender’s office for indigent residents or to contract with private attorneys to provide services, replacing the current court-appointed system. The discussion appears alongside other regional news and state topics in the Iowa newspaper.
The stock market staged a sharp, broadly based rally for its biggest gain in nearly a year on Thursday, lifted by firm bond prices and trader sentiment that near term rate and recession uncertainty has eased. Also, the winter hog show circuit opens this weekend, the first of three big swine exhibitor weekends in Eastern Iowa.
The article argues that taxing annual income from Iowa residents IRAs would not wreck revenue if modest IRA earnings are exempted until withdrawal, aligning with federal rules. It contends the plan offers more advantages by deferring taxes now while keeping pace with federal provisions, with no deal collapse hanging on the issue.
Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan was killed in a drive by shooting on Wilshire Boulevard near Comstock Avenue. Armenian militants claimed responsibility, and an abandoned getaway car was found in Pasadena as FBI questioned four people. Reagan condemned the act as terrorism.
President Reagan will speak to a joint session of the Iowa General Assembly at 10 30 a m February 9 confirming the invitation to address the Legislature. The appearance marks the first such address by a president in Iowa in over a decade and follows White House advance team visits to Des Moines for planning.
Four International Health Services weight-loss clinics in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Des Moines and Davenport shut their doors leaving clients with worthless contracts. Owner John Kiefer of Overland Park Kansas says he cannot honor promises and plans to file for bankruptcy. Nutri-Systems unrelated to the defunct chain offers to honor contracts and the Iowa Consumer Protection Division seeks affected customers.
In Joliet, Bishop Joseph Imesch waived canon law requiring sexual consummation for marriage. He approved the May 15 wedding of paraplegic Larry Bonvallet and his fiancée after consulting theologians and medical experts. A priest had blocked the union, citing impotence, but the bishop defended the couple’s right to marry.
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