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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1983
Page
3
Elmcrest groundskeepers spotted a collared German shepherd female roaming the golf course. After a chase and tranquilizers, she was captured and has begun a new life, reported on Metro-Iowa page 4A.
The Soviet Union wrestling team arrives at Cedar Rapids Airport with 19 members and will stay through Thursday. They plan shopping and a visit to local sights before facing an American team led by Dan Gable at the Five Seasons Center Wednesday night.
State Board of Regents considers about a 3 percent increase for dorm and married student housing for 1983-84 at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa. Current nine month costs would rise to 1976, 1700 and 1812 dollars respectively with minor changes in married student apartment rents.
Hal Sutton surged late to win the Tournament Players' Championship, taking home 126000 dollars in prize money the largest yet on the American tour. Hawkeyes show speed at practice with Banks praising the quickest team in 13 years. Mortgage distress rises as February delinquencies hit a multi‑decade high.
Elkader mother urges removal of Kim Platt's Headman from Central High School after claiming filthy language and violence. A reconsideration committee kept the book. the district plans to hear arguments and pause for 30 days as the board weighs censorship and student access concerns.
Iowa senators resisted a compromise bill creating new procedures for terminating tenured teachers. The proposal would replace local school board hearings with hearings by a listed officer, a plan opposed by the Iowa Association of School Boards but backed by the Senate Education Committee. Debate included arguments over continuing contracts and collective bargaining prior to a final vote expected today.
In Oskaloosa Iowa police say a 32 year old man Danny Eugene Miller shot his wife Debra Jean Miller 26 after a fight in their southwest residence then killed himself. Brummel reports the nude body of Miller by the bed with one head wound and Debra Miller’s body on the bedroom floor showing two gunshot wounds and signs of a struggle.
The Gazette notes corrections to furniture restoration at the Old Iowa Capitol in Iowa City. Schanz Furniture of South Amana did the work while Belding Furniture of Cedar Rapids restored pieces in the Old Capitol per co owner Royce Belding. A photo of Jack Ferguson was taken at the Sheraton Inn. location was mis stated in the original caption.
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