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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1983
Page
4
Review notes compare class conflict themes in The Outsiders film about greasers and rich teens. The Cedar Rapids screening precedes broader discussion on social divides and youth culture.
An economic survey shows 63 percent of Iowa firms reporting satisfactory to good business conditions while the rest report poor climate. Half expect no change in six months and 39 percent foresee a more favorable climate. Money, page 6B.
Glenn and Frances Buresh of Ely are this year’s Honored Farm Family for the Cedar Rapids Marion area. The 620 acre farm couple balance work with their children’s school and 4-H activities as announced by the Chamber of Commerce last night.
Channel Comment notes Jean Simmons and Piper Laurie reuniting after working together in Until They Sail. The 1957 film adaptation of a James Michener story featured Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, and the new 10 hour Thorn Birds stars Simmons and Laurie.
Federal jobs bill signed by President Reagan may create about 4 500 jobs in Iowa this summer according to the Governors Economic Advisory Council. Construction work on rural sewer and water projects and three prioritized projects in Burlington Ames airport and I 380 between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids are highlighted. Iowa trades off low per capita federal spending but expects a $46 million share of the $4 6 billion program.
Marguerite Miller 52 was found dead in a bedroom with a blow to the head, and her son Michael David Miller 20 was booked for investigation of murder after an interview in which he admitted involvement. Roy D. Miller, long time Reagan attorney, confirmed. Autopsy set. police withheld details.
Johnson County District Court refused Tami Marie Gilson's bid to lower a 2200 bond on a wanton neglect of a minor charge. Gilson, 22, is jailed in Bexar County Texas on fugitive and resisting arrest charges as extradition proceeds to Iowa for probation revocation hearings.
Paul Crafton 60, a Washington DC professor with 34 aliases and 5 teaching posts, was identified in Harrisburg as the man behind multiple false identities used to secure college jobs. He sought funds for his daughter's spinal surgery, facing multiple theft and forgery charges across Millersville Shippensburg and George Washington University affiliations.
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