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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1983
Page
5
Fear grips Chino Calif residents as authorities continue search for an escaped mental patient charged with killing four people in a Chino Hills home. Victims include chiropractors F. Douglas and Peggy Ryen both 41 and their two children.
Ron Reagan the president’s son who switched from ballet to writing states that Jimmy Stewart was an old family friend. His debut article will appear in a new magazine The Movies.
Rod Carew, California Angels superstar, aims to hit .400 batting this season. The article notes his pursuit of the elusive mark and reflects on his standout hitting and impact in the lineup.
About 700 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 222 at the South Sioux City Neb plant voted Sunday to accept an IBP contract proposal calling for a 12 percent wage reduction. The meeting lasted two hours at the Marina Inn before the assent was given.
Industry analysts warn the pork sector is deteriorating with 300 to 400 regional and non union packers undercutting rivals. Companies still paying top wages must adjust quickly to survive, according to Farm page 6B.
A renewed clash between the United States and Canada centers on the Garrison Diversion Unit, a $1.3 billion Interior Department irrigation project to serve 250,000 acres of North Dakota farmland with a vast lake and canal system.
In Hard Choices Cyrus Vance presents a careful, methodical account of U S diplomacy during his tenure as secretary of state under Jimmy Carter. The memoir contrasts with Brzezinski’s memoirs, offering measured analysis rather than sensational detail.
Richard Valentine and Eric Hartwig were swept near a dam on the Iowa River when their kayaks capsized. Gerald Gerard, 42, of Iowa City halted his boat and plucked both men from swirling waters, earning gratitude from the rescued pair for his timely aid and local river knowledge.
Andrew Sterbenz, 18, of Delran High, penned an 85 word sentence in under 15 minutes to win the international Bulwer-Lytton bad writing contest. He beat entrants from the U.S., Canada and England with a sentence set in a New York morning, a Dunkin Donuts, a strange man, and a polyester jacket. Sterbenz plans MIT engineering after graduating on June 20.
British Labour Party leader Michael Foot will resign after Labor’s worst showing in six decades, triggering a leadership contest among Roy Hattersley Neil Kinnock and Peter Shore. Deputy Denis Healey will also quit as he omits to stand.
The contest to succeed Foot heralds a new period of turmoil for the 83-year-old Labor Party torn between radicals who built its platform of unilateral nuclear disarmament and state ownership and moderates demanding a crackdown on the left.
In the expanded 650 member House of Commons the left-of-center Labour party secured 397 seats, the Laborites winning 209 while a centrist alliance took 23 and smaller parties the remainder. This result reshapes the political landscape with Labour poised for influence.
Heavy rain and mountain runoff flooded eastern Utah on Sunday forcing a family evacuation and damaging at least two homes and four bridges. Ashley Creek overflow from Steinaker Reservoir and other rivers threatened 14 Vernal homes while crews salvaged structures and deployed sandbags.
The Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Carrier rate 1.95 weekly. Mail: Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 9.20 per four weeks 95.00 per 52 weeks. Other states 125.00 per 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service operates. Associated Press rights reserved. USPS 095680.
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