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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1983
Page
6
Doctors still seek cause after actress Debbie Reynolds fell faint and confused during a stage show of Woman of the Era. The incident occurred amid a crowded Broadway audience, with no additional injuries reported at this time.
Critics call exempting small towns from current training rules a backward step for Iowa law enforcement. Proponents say the change would be a step in the right direction as a commission weighs options and impacts on officers.
At a Tama legislative farm hearing last week farm borrowers described distress from the credit crunch. One man sold blood to raise cash and another, despondent, threatened to drive his pickup into a semitrailer to cope with losses. Sugar prices outlook from the Agriculture Department predicts a 6 to 8 cent per pound world price for raw sugar due to large crop prospects.
A major blizzard dumped over two feet of snow across Colorado and Wyoming causing highway closures and airport shutdowns. In Denver 18.7 inches fell with 1,200 people staying at Stapleton Airport, while Cheyenne and I 80 closures stranded hundreds. Wyoming banks opened temp shelters as chaos continued.
Iowa Senator Art Small proposes using a $2 million state appropriation to fund university based research with potential commercial applications. He envisions seed grants guiding private venture support while allowing universities to retain equity in spun off companies. Branstad favors directing the money to the High Technology Commission for distribution.
The Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class postage paid in Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with 7 issues weekly and annual terms. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
A Bureau of Justice Statistics study shows local jails hold about 212000 inmates on an average day with an 11 day stay. The figures mark a 33 percent rise from 1978 and note many inmates are pretrial or not yet convicted.
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