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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1982
Page
3
The administration quietly relaxes dozens of strict mining regulations while keeping the federal strip mining law intact. The actions target the agency responsible for enforcing the law, signaling a broader shift in regulatory posture noted on page 10A.
Federal funds for human services move to block grants with looser restrictions but less total money. East Iowa notes mixed reactions to the switch affecting program funding and state control.
The Cedar Rapids public library will not be a public building for years, owned for up to 10 years by a private nonprofit group of nine. Also notes a $175,000 federal weatherization grant for Hawkeye Area Community Action Program benefiting five counties, and senior chore services in Linn County.
A self styled Messiah Keith Haigler and his wife Kate hijacked a Continental Trailways bus near Jasper on a bridge over the Little Buffalo River. After a 4 hour ordeal 14 hostages remained then the couple were shot by police and both died. Kate Haigler died on arrival at Boone County Hospital. The driver and other hostages survived. Haigler had said he would rise in 344 days.
Andrew Jon Oglevie, 23, a Rockford man, extradited from Illinois after a year’s wait to stand trial for the 1979 shotgun slaying of Ady Jensen in rural West Branch. Bond set at 1 million. arraignment expected this week. Judy Kern and Robert Kern, who implicated him, are serving life terms.
About three dozen people gathered at the Federal building in Cedar Rapids to back Benjamin Sasway of Vista California who was indicted for failing to register for the draft. Speakers urged resistance to registration while denouncing militarism and nuclear arms.
Sepala Ekanayaka, who hijacked an Italian jet and held 250 passengers, was arrested in Galle and brought to Colombo. He faces extortion and holding stolen property charges as Italy seeks extradition. He had deposited 280000 of the ransom in a state bank and planned to flee toward Hakmana.
A fledgling hog firm Kleen Leen Inc. began in Liberty Indiana in June 1962. Hogs and farmers changed and the firm moved its national headquarters to Cedar Rapids, reflecting growth over two decades.
Washington AP The Gallup poll for FEMA shows 61 percent approve moving people from targets if war looms and 67 percent favor such plans, yet relocation ranks among the lowest civil defense priorities. Only 43 percent know of crisis relocation programs and 30 percent admit no knowledge. James Holton urges better public information.
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