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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1983
Page
2
The Gazette announces a front shift of the obituary page to the last left-hand page of section A, page 8A, expanding obituary coverage and aligning Vital Statistics and Weather Report in the same area for reader convenience.
Giovanni Vigliotto, who admitted marrying at least 105 women, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Rufus Coulter in Phoenix to 34 years in prison and fined 336000 dollars for bigamy and fraud. The case involved婚 Patricia Gardiner whom he allegedly married in 1981 and then defrauded.
Lebanon reports say Saad Haddad is the final obstacle in negotiations to pull foreign troops from the South. U S envoy Habib returns to Beirut with no breakthrough as talks resume near Kiryat Shmona. Israeli and Lebanese sources differ over Haddad security role and future in the Lebanese army.
Michael David Miller, 20, faces rape and murder charges in the death of his mother at their home. A judge granted a continuance to April 11 for Miller to enter a plea as prosecutors seek the death penalty or life without parole. The defendant is the son of Roy Miller, a Reagan era tax attorney.
A federal jury in Dallas found Sgt. John McKenzie and officers Dale Bonura and Stephen Farrar guilty of conspiracy and beating a witness in a case tied to the Nov. 8 1980 shooting of Officer Gregory Neupert. Five others were acquitted on related counts.
Israel Health Ministry says no traces of poison at six Palestinian girls schools in Jenin and Arraba where over 300 children fell ill. Director General Baruch Modan suggests psychosomatic illness possible, amid political tensions and poison-claims. Police say no ransom demands known. Bishop's employer Texaco Colombia subsidiary allegedly in talks with terrorists.
The government plans to double brood mares at the Piber stud farm near the hamlet of Piber in Styria after a herpes virus outbreak killed 31 Lippizaner horses. Evacuations and medical infusions were used to try to save five afflicted mares and 17 foals.
Leftist rebels blew up a power line cutting power to about 1 million people in four eastern provinces for the tenth time this year. They overran El Divisadero near the Honduran border for 24 hours and seized San Esteban Catarina after nightlong clashes with government troops.
Kidnappers holding American oilman Maurice Bishop in Bogota are negotiating with his nephew after delaying a threatened execution. A family source, unnamed, said the captors have not stated demands and had previously threatened to kill Bishop today. The source did not identify the nephew or provide details.
West German prosecutors charged four former SS officers Rolf Bilharz Modest von Korff Richard Freise and Walter Naehrich with organizing the deportation of thousands of French Jews to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944. Korff Freise and Naehrich denied the charges. Bilharz who worked under Alois Brunner admitted he knew the Jews were doomed.
About 400 U S and other foreign residents gathered outside the U S Embassy in Managua to denounce U S support for alleged invading insurgents. The Sandinista government tied American aid to a rebel attack that killed five and wounded 24, including seven children. A French-led march protested the slaying of Dr Jean Grosjean, a 31 year old tropical disease specialist.
The IHE Gazette, established in 1883 by The Gazette Company, is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with varying durations and prices. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news. USPS 095630
Jurors in the Groucho Marx estate trial indicated possible progress toward a verdict and asked for a ninth day of deliberations. The Bank of America sues Erin Fleming for repayment of salaries and living expenses plus 500000 in punitive damages after Marx's death at 86.
Venezuelan police doubt 11 year old Alex Pellizzari's account of 34 days captivity and sardine diet. They suspect a ransom may have been paid with unconfirmed reports noting a possible $687000 payoff. He was seized February 21 while en route to school by four armed men.
Five arrests followed a disruption as Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani spoke at Kansas State University. Protesters in the packed auditorium shouted traitor and agent of Zion as the lecture on oil market control and decontrol was interrupted for over an hour.
Federal agents tailed a four engine plane and seized 10 tons of marijuana at a ranch near Lucy New Mexico. Seven people were arrested as the aircraft landed before dawn Monday. DEA official Bruce Van Matre called it a record state seizure and among the largest in U S history.
A federal judge temporarily blocked today's oil-drilling lease sale on Georges Bank off Massachusetts after Conservation Law Foundation and Massachusetts argued new evidence showed the EPA ignored its Boston office recommendation to delay pending studies. Georges Bank is among the world's richest fishing grounds.
A CH-53 Sea Stallion from New River North Carolina crashed 12 miles east of San Simon Arizona killing six and critically injuring one. The helicopter was en route to joint maneuvers in California and the cause is under investigation.
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