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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1981
Page
3
Steve Braman, 26, of North Charleston, says he was abducted at gunpoint Monday and locked in a car trunk for four days before a motel maintenance man heard tapping from a trunk in Corpus Christi. He was found in a late model Oldsmobile and hospitalized for observation.
In Warsaw Poland, the communist government met with Solidarity leaders led by Lech Walesa to address demands for legalizing an independent farmers union, a five day workweek, censorship relief, and broader union access to mass media.
Peru says troops seized three outposts on Peruvian soil in a border dispute. Ecuador denies fighting and calls for calm while inviting talks to settle the border clash. Foreign Minister Arias Stella told congressional leaders Peru has recovered the territory and asserts sovereignty.
Two medical researchers report in Ca that employed women have a greater cancer risk than homemakers. The study notes many work in traditionally female roles, with tens of thousands in high risk industries exposed to dusts chemicals radiation and other toxicants.
Standard Oil of California and Chevron USA raised wholesale gasoline by 6 cents a gallon and home heating oil and diesel by five cents after Reagan lifted federal price controls. Exxon Mobil Shell and others added 0.5 to 3 cents a gallon for various products, citing prior crude price rises and other factors. A 10 month old in Cleveland died after a bone marrow transplant from an English donor, with death linked to chemotherapy and radiation complications rather than the transplant itself.
Oslo reports Odvar Nordli resigns as Prime Minister over moves to stockpile U S military equipment. The resignation triggers the need to appoint a new leader before autumn elections in the NATO country.
Kamran Smith received a bone marrow transplant from Sylvia Smith through the Anthony Nolan Registry in London. The January 20 procedure marked the first use of an unrelated donor to treat marble bone disease.
Jean Harris testified she never intended to hurt Herman Tarnower and wanted a brief quiet moment before taking her own life. She described a confrontation at Tarnower's Pur chase estate where he struck her, grabbed the gun, and she fired during a struggle. She said she only recalls shooting Tarnower in the hand and later tried to shoot herself.
Israeli artillery hit Palestinian guerrilla strongholds in southern Lebanon in retaliation for overnight rockets on northern Israel. Officials say two volleys of Katyusha rockets struck Kiryat Shmona and wounded ten Israelis in two attacks. Lebanese and Palestinian sources report casualties among guerrillas and villagers in the first day of retaliation.
South African commandos attacked the ANC planning headquarters in Maputo early today. Gen. Constant Viljoen said several guerrillas were fatally hurt and warned nations harboring anti South African elements. AIM reported five ANC members killed, plus one South African and a Portuguese-descent motorist, with more wounded.
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