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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1983
Page
3
A 21 year old woman was found guilty of murder for bludgeoning her former husband who carried a concealed tape recorder when killed. Jurors heard the dying recording of the blows and gasps.
The Agriculture Department monthly index shows raw product prices fell 2.2 percent in July and were 4.4 percent lower than a year earlier, with June also down 2.2 percent. The data ends a five month rise trend.
Nine people show interest in buying $100 licenses to sell illegal drugs under a state law that does not grant immunity. The scheme requires $10 color coded stamps per ounce of marijuana and $125 per ounce of cocaine, with the state barred from using the documents. U.S., page 10B.
In Forest Park a 11-year-old rode to summon officers when two men assaulted a 13-year-old girl at the Pavilion Fountain. The girl was attacked while bystanders watched. warrants were issued for Lynn Stewart, 17, with two counts of assault and one sodomy charge.
Police say a custody dispute ended when Garry Lust crashed into an embankment after shooting Linda Lust and Steven Harvey. The 3 year old Jackie Johnson, Lust’s daughter, survived with the infant in critical condition. Authorities noted a gun was found at the scene.
Harnischfeger Corp. in Cedar Rapids extends its summer shutdown to six weeks delaying reopening from August 8 to August 22. About 550 workers are slated to return with 400 being laid off longer and a few office and engineering staff remaining to support sales, maintenance and testing as orders stay weak.
The Gazette established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday from Cedar Rapids Iowa with subscription rates for carriers and mail. It notes carrier routes and exclusive AP republication rights, with USPS designation.
Rival Palestinian guerrilla factions clash with heavy artillery in eastern Lebanon for a seventh day. In Tripoli police try to reclaim positions from militias after Syrian troop pullbacks. Fighting flares in Bekaa between Syrian backed militants and loyalist PLO factions with 26 killed and 53 wounded over six days.
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