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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1982
Page
15
EPA report finds chemical levels in a 10 block Love Canal area similar to other city areas and Grand Island. It notes contaminants were confined to areas adjacent to the canal, with two families refusing relocation or monitoring.
The Love Canal area near Niagara Falls is considered habitable with proper monitoring after EPA findings. Gov. Hugh Carey and Rep. John LaFalce welcomed the report while state and federal lawsuits push Hooker Chemicals to fund long term cleanup and relocation plans.
Under a joint federal state program the government offers to purchase vacant homes in Love Canal and move families out. About 200 homes on several streets have been vacant for four years while some residents accept the move and others choose to stay.
Brooke Shields, 17, in New York says she found a date by calling two male friends before prom. The Young Miss magazine feature highlights her as readers' most admired female. Loren’s exit from a film due to financial trouble is noted with possible replacement by Shirley MacLaine.
Actor Robin Williams says he is cooperating with authorities in the Belushi death inquiry after reports he was in Belushi's Hollywood bungalow hours before the overdose. Williams and Robert De Niro were named in a National Enquirer piece as present before March 5. Police have not yet interviewed Williams.
UPI reports Sophia Loren withdrew from a Rome movie due to bank financing links to Banco Ambrosiano involved in Vatican finance probes. The bank faces a government inquiry after its president's death last month amid questions of suicide or murder. The Vatican also opened an investigation into church ties with Ambrosiano.
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