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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1981
Page
19
Belfast reports say Bobby Sands, 27, died after 66 days of fasting while serving a 14 year sentence for illegal firearms. Rioting spread in Catholic areas with sporadic clashes as authorities warned against further violence.
The Most Rev. Robert Runcie led about 5,000 in a pageantry service at Hilton Coliseum Ames after touring a hog farm near Dallas Center. He urged Christian unity to combat world hunger and poverty. He also spoke in Des Moines and attended a multidenominational service. Abortion funding policy and reapportionment debates dominated state news this week alongside criminal charges at the University of Iowa Clinics.
The Linn County Conservation Board considers a gift of the half Cedar Valley Nature Trail between Hiawatha and Brandon contingent on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad selling the trail to the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation.
The House approved Reagan's 1982 budget plan by 253 to 176 with several Democrats joining Republicans. Reagan called it a resounding victory and signaled potential tax cut compromise while the Senate backed a 7.9 billion cut in COLA payments for 44 million Social Security and retirement beneficiaries.
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