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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1983
Page
3
Two playwrights from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop won awards in the 1983 American College Theater Festival competition. The honors highlight faculty and student achievement in the arts and theatre program.
Dyersville showcased its seventh annual St Patrick's Day Parade and second Gaelic Gallop as part of a large northeast Iowa celebration. Local UNI student Beth Scherrman appeared in green with a wig and shamrocks while spectators kept warm near the Ritz Cafe amid low 30s temperatures.
Area law officers travel to Des Moines to urge Senate Judiciary Committee to keep a punitive damages measure alive for public employees. The bill, sparked by a large award against Linn County deputies, would remove recklessness from the standard and allow city insurance to cover punitive damages. Civic leaders pushed for passage and sought opinions from the attorney general on using public funds for insurance.
In Webster County near Badger Iowa a 14 year old Humboldt youth Charles Edward Lee Jr died and another teen Ryan Dean Powell was seriously hurt when a motorcycle ran off a dead end gravel road striking a sign post. The accident occurred Friday night between 9 30 and 11 30 and the drivers remain undetermined as both youths were thrown into a ditch. Lee died at the scene.
The Gazette announces its publishing details with establishment in 1883 and daily and Sunday editions from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions listed include carrier weekly rates and mail options, with restrictions on mail in carrier areas and exclusive AP republication rights.
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