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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1982
Page
5
Rebel troops fired submachine guns seizing Paramaribo’s main barracks and business district during a Thursday bid to topple Surinam’s left-leaning military leadership. By dusk a standoff persisted as both sides urged support for a possible clash.
Opinion questions Reagan's rigidity as economy shifts and warns that failing to concede could mark him as inflexible. The piece argues for negotiated changes in taxes and defense spending to avoid paralysis in Congress.
A Cedar Rapids woman sues city officials claiming a federal regulation violation when rent subsidy payments were cut off based on a false report from a former boyfriend. She alleges no written termination notice was provided as required.
Thirty-two Cedar Rapids Community School District teachers were informed they will not be offered 1982-83 contracts. The district said nearly 800 fewer students will attend school next September, affecting staffing. The Iowa wrestling team advanced eight of its ten wrestlers through the first two rounds.
The data processing subsidiary of United Central Bancshares announced plans to set up a Cedar Rapids operation to serve Eastern Iowa customers. Dairy Queen officers consider taking the firm private while two insurers prepare to underwrite legal-fee coverage.
A hearing in Anamosa drew about 120 people as speakers debated Iowa Beet Processors plan for a hog processing plant. The meeting aimed to inform the public about Iowa Reefs proposal to use water from the Wapsipinicon River.
Deputy Director Paul Grossheim in Mount Pleasant said Iowa has nearly eliminated arbitrary inmate visitor strip searches and is adopting a probable cause standard after a federal appeals court ruled the policy unconstitutional. The court ordered rules based on specific facts rather than tips and allowed nominal damages for the plaintiffs.
Los Angeles coroner Thomas Noguchi, accused of sensationalizing celebrity deaths and mismanagement, is suspended for 30 days by the county Board of Supervisors. The action begins March 19, with Noguchi allowed to respond by next Wednesday as panels consider his charges.
During the first Ice Age about 400 000 years ago so much of the earths water was locked in ice that ocean levels dropped 400 feet, reshaping coastlines and habitats.
Martin Marietta Aggregates will consolidate Cedar Rapids Central Division office with Raleigh Division in a new Construction Aggregates Division in Raleigh North Carolina. About 40 administrative jobs, mostly in Cedar Rapids, will be eliminated over time. The Cedar Rapids sand and stone plants will continue operating with a district office to oversee the area.
Barnard and Leas will suspend operations at 1200 12th St SW affecting 50 hourly and 15 salaried workers. President Ron Richardson says the shutdown is temporary with reopening possible as early as March 22, though some staff heard no date and worry about pay. The firm cites cash flow issues shared by heavy equipment makers and will seek new capital to resume production.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa subscription rates by carrier 165 per week by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 804 weeks 8580 52 weeks other states and US territories 12300 52 weeks. Associated Press has exclusive rights to local news republication. USPS 095680.
About three decades ago Seattle residents voted against adding fluoride to the city's drinking water, a decision reflecting public health policy debate of the time.
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