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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1983
Page
7
Des Moines hospital announces February layoffs affecting 174 positions, about 12 percent of its full time workers. A further round of job cuts will follow a restructuring plan as officials review staffing needs. The state page 5A report notes this comes amid hard times and pending redeployment.
Rep. Tom Tauke presses for approval of a natural gas pricing plan aimed at easing energy costs in the gas dependent Midwest state. The plan comes amid a fossil fuels subcommittee nicknamed the Bo Derek subcommittee after an actress.
Unions are blamed for U S competitiveness but studies show foreign labor costs no longer dominate the field. The article notes a shrinking cost advantage for nations as a key factor in global competition, with continued relevance for U S industries and policy considerations.
Colorado River floods turn resort hubs into ghost towns as water releases rise toward Hoover Dam spillways. Officials warn crews and residents along Davis and Parker dams downriver face higher flows while California and Arizona counties receive federal disaster declarations for flood damage and low interest loans.
In Moscow the Andropov era sees a trial of anonymous postcard denunciations to police urging citizens to name neighbors offenses. Cards list twelve violations amid a catch all other social order category, with no need to reveal identities. Similar cards appeared in Kiev in 1981.
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