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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1984
Page
2
American actor Anthony Perkins, star of Psycho, faced charges of smuggling eight grams of marijuana and three small LSD doses into the United Kingdom after arriving at Heathrow from Los Angeles. He posted bail and continued shooting a TV movie in Yorkshire.
Nashville reports that 41 year old former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello has released her first country music album. The singer and mother of three drew inspiration from her hit The Promised Land written for her parents. She chose Nashville session players for a family friendly, Disney influenced project. Her Mickey Mouse Club debut came at age 12 after early pop hits including Tall Paul and First Name Initial.
Rep. Charles Rangel called Mayor Edward Kochs memoir a novel written by a psychotic, saying Koch either has a terrible memory or is a terrible liar. Rangel rejected the account of Koch making him visibly sweat after a sharp exchange and defended his own view on Kochs behavior amid advance book excerpts.
The 65 year old evangelist Billy Graham, hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota with a high fever, acute sinus and left inner ear infections, is being treated with antibiotics and decongestants. A Mayo Clinic spokesman said his condition is satisfactory and improving.
Washington experts warn Reagan era growth in the defense budget creates a looming bow wave as major weapons systems enter production. With missed cuts and ongoing approvals, Pentagon programs push spending higher, challenging future presidents and Congress to scale back amid anticipated waste stories and political pressure.
President Reagan, announcing his 1984 bid for a second term, addresses 4,000 National Religious Broadcasters, praising prayer in schools and a ban on abortion. He calls his 1983 Year of the Bible an indictment he wears as a badge of honor, and supports fall debates with Democrats.
Kalamazoo based case saw Roger Gauntlett 41 sentenced to one year in jail after pleading no contest to criminal sexual conduct involving his 14 year old stepdaughter. He must start Depo Provera treatment at Johns Hopkins within a month to suppress testosterone as a condition of the sentence. Prosecution notes drug effects are temporary and not chemical castration.
Rocaron Productions Inc. in Denver plans multi state launch of greeting cards containing bright art, inside and back messages, and a tucked in stereo record by four owners and musicians. Cards priced at four dollars feature parodies of Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Bob Dylan and more. The team formed in 1980 after a chance meeting.
U S New York archbishop designate is Bishop John J. O Connor a Navy veteran who helped draft The Challenge of Peace and will succeed Cardinal Terence Cooke. The selection comes after recent pope picks from smaller dioceses to major centers. Meanwhile a Britt Airways twin engine commuter plane crashed near Terre Haute killing two pilots and a service representative in fog and rain.
In Clarksville Texas after a federal judge ordered 26 black residents to swap with 26 white tenants the anger faded. Six weeks later the elderly residents report calm and harmony with neighbors. Officials say the move created no policy-based segregation and aims at a 50 50 balance in both complexes.
Chicago AP reports Robert and Anna Rucker, a husband and wife, each won 1,018,400 dollars in last week's Lotto draw using the same numbers 06 11 23 25 26 29. They played independently, unaware of the other’s selection, marking a first for a married pair in Illinois.
Japan's government pledged to open its market to American made telecom gear from Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Co. A signing by Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and U.S. trade envoy William Brock framed the move as non discriminatory for U.S. firms seeking access to the NTT monopoly market. An American official called Abe's visit important and said progress is needed on broad trade frictions.
About 140 detainees at the Krome North Processing Center, mainly Haitian asylum seekers, began a hunger strike to protest long custody times. The move follows calls from Haitian Refugee Center officials noting inmates’ resolve to seek freedom, with some refusing meals in protest.
A Lear jet attempting to land on Santa Catalina Island overran the runway and burst into flames, killing all six people aboard. The crash occurred Monday during an attempted landing, authorities said.
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