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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1982
Page
3
A former bank officer accuses Haitian officials of embezzling at least 1.7 million dollars in low interest loans from the Inter American Development Bank a heavily U S taxpayer subsidized lender. The item appears on World page 11A.
A house built in 1855 once served as a stagecoach stop with meals lodging and breakfast for up to 80 travelers. The note appears in Metro-lowa page 17A.
Smooth-striding Gato del Sol led the Churchill Downs stretch to win the 108th Kentucky Derby, finishing ahead of Laser Light in the $522,600 race on Derby Day.
Soviet President Brezhnev appeared at Red Square as hundreds of thousands of workers backed socialist Poland and denounced U S imperialism. Diplomats from 130 nations attended amid suspicions over Kirilenko’s health and Brezhnev’s public role.
Midwestern independent truckers failed to halt nationwide activity as checks at Los Angeles Seattle Oklahoma City Kansas City Milwaukee Chicago and South Jersey showed trucks moving. Organizer George Sullivan of Gary Indiana claimed a midnight start and 200000 expected drivers but police and industry officials reported no strike.
Iowa City participants join the Walk for Mankind fundraiser for Project Concern. Leigh Ann Kennedy checks in at a checkpoint as walkers like Kimberly Drievold Judy Warth Eyenga Bok amba and Jennifer Aronson take part. Warth wore a rock costume to promote the effort and students were told a rock can move a walk too.
A small single engine Cherokee 140 crashed into Frazee Apartments used by Bowling Green State University students, killing all four aboard. No students were hurt as the off campus housing sustained major damage and a nearby building suffered smoke and water damage. The craft had just taken off from Wood County airport and officials investigated with FAA presence at the scene.
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