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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1982
Page
3
Newly obtained documents reveal the FBI conducted a systematic secret war against radicals leftists and liberal groups at the University of California during the 1960s and 1970s. The reports detail surveillance and counterintelligence actions within the university community.
Poland replaces Warsaw hard line party chief with Marian Wozniak a close ally of Premier Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski. The move consolidates the general s control over the ruling party and signals shifts in leadership.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa kept a promise to jailed farmer Wayne Cryts by visiting the Cryts farm near Paxico Missouri. He spent a weekend promoting bankruptcy law changes under congressional consideration and urging action.
A fire gutted a mobile home at Corrigan's Court 7100 Mount Vernon Road SE leaving four occupants homeless. No injuries reported. Firefighters battled the blaze Saturday and the cause remains under investigation.
A Cedar Rapids based support group forms to educate people about Huntington's Disease and offer help to patients and their families. The item appears on health page 7B with more details and how to join. Kirkwood Community College graduated 1,100 students in a ceremony held Saturday. A graduates list is on page 24A in Education. Muhammad Ali is noted as the only three time world champion and a boxing icon.
Iraqi warplanes hit Ilam in western Iran injuring about 200 as Tehran vows retaliation. Observers say the clash raises odds of a major border operation while Khomeini supporters mark a national holiday amid escalating cross border hostilities.
UPI reports aspirin manufacturers and distributors oppose the FDA plan to add warnings on child aspirin about Reye's Syndrome. Industry reps call studies linking aspirin to the disease inconclusive and demand access to raw data, while Schweiker cites 4 studies noting possible risk in viral illness. CDC estimates 600 to 1,200 US cases yearly, mainly ages 5 to 16.
Hank Hernandez of Cedar Rapids smiles at the Ethnic Celebration in Riverside Roundhouse Czech Village. The two day festival features music dancing foods and crafts from blacks Czechs Danes Greeks Irish Mexicans Norwegians and Vietnamese. George Haronitis grills Gyros and Souviaki for a Greek booth. The event enters its second year and runs today from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Soviet Union and COMECON partners plan a summit to tackle debt, food shortages, and stagnating production. Pravda notes the need to maximize economic capacity for the common good but provides no date or site. The group faced a $56 billion Western debt in 1980, rising to an estimated $68 billion by 1985.
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