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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1983
Page
5
About 50 Cedar Rapids residents handed out leaflets about nuclear disarmament to Rockwell Collins employees on Monday. The local protest joined nationwide demonstrations as a peaceful, nonconfrontational event.
Kim Harford a 24 year old former Waterloo woman was found strangled in her car at LaGuardia Airport New York Sunday Authorities say the death appears not connected to her Navy communications specialist job The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission rejects two United Airlines lease points at the new terminal Linn County and related notes appear in other pages
Benjamin Hooks, NAACP Executive Director, questions a black person’s presidential chances and urges unity behind a candidate who can defeat President Reagan. The discussion accompanies a broader page of political and farm news including grain boosts and livestock concerns from Iowa cattlemen about the PIK program disrupting markets.
Two Argentina tennis stars Guillermo Vilas and Jose Luis Clerc were eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon. Micki Schillig of Cedar Rapids also exited in her Wimbledon debut on Monday.
A three year intensive effort will test whether pseudorabies can be eradicated in Marshall County. The county was chosen due to proximity to Ames testing facilities and a strong local hog industry. Farm, page 8C.
Rates on all U S treasury bills advanced in Monday's auction prompting higher yields on savings instruments for individual investors. The report notes broader implications for certificates and savers amid shifting financial conditions.
As Hoover Dam and two Colorado River dams release water to relieve melting snow, residents in Arizona sandbag homes and businesses. Utah rivers overflow from record snowpack while Nebraska sees three rivers above flood stage after weekend storms.
Iowa Disability director Michael Reagen told Congress the benefit loss rate for Iowa is 32.8 percent among 6,257 reviewed since 1981, below the national 38.2 percent. He urged more face to face hearings, case by case review timing, and continued benefits during appeals plus retraining aid.
Warm sticky weather welcomes summer as Eastern Iowans mark the solstice today at 6 09 p m. The World Book Encyclopedia notes extended daylight and high sun. Gulf moisture brings hazy skies and high humidity through Saturday.
Two intoxicated men fired rifles from a stalled pickup along Interstate 40 between Winslow and Flagstaff injuring Nadine Macias and Timothy Mickson. Authorities say the episode began about 5 30 a m and a grass fire burned half an acre. Paul Lee and Robert Lee were arrested. both guns were recovered.
Tom Ruxlow of Bettendorf named director of Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. He plans a task force on parimutuel betting and will lead before Shanahan departs on July 1. Ruxlow, 43, has 14 years with DCI and 16 years at Deere & Company. He holds a MBA from Drake and a public administration masters. He previously served as Cedar Falls police officer and Marine, with FBI National Academy graduate status. He announced plans from Kansas City, Missouri.
On this date in 1898 the first U.S. troops landed in Cuba signaling the start of American ground involvement in the Spanish-American War. The landing marked a turning point as US forces began operations against Spanish colonial forces on the island.
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