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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1982
Page
4
Guatemala's new military junta jailed two top police chiefs amid a crackdown on clandestine death squads. In a related attack, gunmen ambushed and killed another feared police chief on a highway, officials said Sunday.
The Senate Budget Committee starts work on a 1983 budget likely to displease President Reagan as both parties see little support for his deficit plan. Also noted Clare Boothe Luce to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the New York Chapter of the Association of the United States Army on April 1, first woman honoree.
Cedar Rapids police issued interview cards in three Southeast Asian languages to help officers question Southeast Asian refugees who are crime or accident victims. The tools aim to reduce trauma and language barriers during investigations.
The Iowa House voted to make local governments pay for correcting their own mistakes via legalizing acts. The piece notes these acts are usually noncontroversial but time consuming and costly and outlines related local issues including a Marion High School Band premiere, Mercy Hospital plans in Iowa City, and a wrestling victory by Dan Gable’s team over the Soviets.
The sonoray ultrasonic tool to reveal under skin data for hogs spreads from Eastern Iowa after Linn County Fair announced 4 H hogs will be sonoraged next July. This farm page item notes growing interest as animals are scanned in show rings.
Fred Graver argues that paying down debt strengthens families and helps curb inflation. He wrote Get Out of Debt Now after his own financial setback and recovery.
A Congressional Office of Technology Assessment report says over 20 new or improved contraceptives will be available in the next decade and global family planning aid must rise tenfold to 10.7 billion annually by 2000 to meet demand. It notes 1981 world population at 4.5 billion could reach 5.9 to 6.5 billion by 2000, driven by high births and falling death rates, with most growth in less developed countries led by India, China, Brazil, and Nigeria.
Scientists from Dartmouth report trees including sugar maples and oaks can alter leaf chemistry to deter pests. They may adjust toxin levels and nutrients within hours in response to chewing insects, resembling an immune like defense system.
In Gainesville Florida a six year old girl charged with hitting a seven year old with a stick will not be tried as an adult. State Attorney Eugene Whitworth said the case will proceed in juvenile court or be dropped. The decision follows a Florida Supreme Court ruling and a motion from the defense to arbitrate rather than prosecute.
Commodore Robert Peary Matt Henson and four Eskimos planted the American flag at the North Pole on April 6 1909 spending nearly 30 hours there. The feat brought Peary wide acclaim and in 1911 Congress made him rear admiral. The note adds that Richard the Lion Heart died in battle in 1199.
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