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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1983
Page
13
The Pope arrived in Warsaw and delivered a forceful homily at St. John’s Cathedral as Poland endures martial law restrictions. John Paul II’s return marks his most personal of 18 foreign trips, with priests in the Vatican noting his deep sense of responsibility for Poland’s ongoing upheavals.
Sirhan Sirhan told reporters at Soledad State Prison that he was an instrument of assassination and that Robert F. Kennedy caused his own death at his hands. He spoke hours after his parole denial.
Iowa Bill Sackter, subject of two television films, dies in his Iowa City room. Mickey Rooney portrayed him in the Emmy winning film Bill, with a later Golden Globe. Sackter spent 44 years in a Minnesota institution before officials learned he had a learning disability and later ran Wild Bill's coffee shop near the University of Iowa.
The Supreme Court struck down numerous local abortion limits, expanding access nationwide. The decisions affect 21 states with second trimester restrictions, while labor, negligence, and public policy rulings also shape state and federal justice, unemployment, and compensation debates.
A May omission in a rate change notice to Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. customers delays a 29.3 percent residential rate increase from June 27 to at least July 13. The missing words advised customers they could request a public hearing, costing IE about 53 thousand dollars in mailing costs and reducing the first year revenue increase from 44 million to 41 million.
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights urged senators to reject Reagan's three nominees to the U S Civil Rights Commission arguing independence matters more than qualifications. Abram Bunzel Destro face opposition tied to affirmative action debates amid Jewish group friction and past civil rights battles.
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