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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1983
Page
3
Rodolfo Seguel, a leading opponent of Augusto Pinochet, was arrested by police on Wednesday after urging demonstrations against the military government. He faces charges of threatening national security. The incident appears on World page 4A.
A new state department will oversee Iowa's prison system, funded by taking 300000 dollars from the Department of Social Services budget. Beginning Oct. 1, the prison system moves from the adult corrections division to the new department, in a restructuring reported by state officials.
An Iowa City man offers to buy 100 cases of South African wine as a protest against racial policies, a move that amuses Rolland Gallagher, director of Iowa’s Beer and Liquor Control Department. Psychologist Lillian Rubin reports that women maintain more friendships across occupations and ages.
Massachusetts scientists test drugs surgery and radiation as preventative diabetes measures in rats with the goal of applying similar procedures to humans in the future.
Iowa consumers face a suspicious lifetime subscription offer for 4.95 to Better Living. The Iowa Attorney General reports numerous inquiries and complaints from signups not receiving magazines. The New York case links to Ralph Ginzburg, with other names like Avant Garde Media and Moneys Worth tied to similar mailings.
The Iowa Commerce Commission approves a 12.4 million rate compromise with Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. The plan raises residential monthly bills by at least 65 cents. FarmProgress Show crowd plans also noted with proposals set for Linn County boards next month.
Talks between Wilson Foods and UFCW resume in Chicago after a Oklahoma City Bankruptcy Court setback. The union says seven of Wilson's 11 plants are on strike since June 4, wages cut from 10.69 to 6.50 and benefits reduced, with Cedar Rapids Cherokee and Clarinda among the Iowa sites. The company blames losses in commodity futures for the woes and says the contract hurts competitiveness. Also, an NLRB investigation into unfair labor practices proceeds despite the court ruling. Striking workers in Cedar Rapids will receive strike assistance pay Friday and Saturday at Local P-3 Hall.
Des Moines Iowa plans a 150000 publicity push starting August to position Iowa as a high tech hub. Ads titled Corn Chip Country Doctor Our Brain Trust Just a Country Boy and Our Brand of Designer Genes will feature Gov Terry Branstad Rockwell Collins University of Iowa researchers and local tech figures. The campaign runs nine months in tech publications with 30 second CBS radio spots twice weekly for ten weeks.
A Seattle man visiting Muscatine is treated at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City for AIDS related pneumonia. Doctor Koontz describes the patient as in his late 20s and part of the 75 percent male homosexual/bisexual group.
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