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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1985
Page
1
FBI and local investigators link four local heroin deaths in 18 months to highly pure white Asian heroin from Nepal. Agents warn users that purity drives overdoses and dealers may dilute with cocoa or mix brown Mexican heroin to disguise strength.
Federal agents from the FBI DEA IRS and Customs along with Cedar Rapids police and Linn County deputies operated in Cedar Rapids for 13 years forging a joint task force. The quote from Kern hints at illicit sales challenges described in the local wrap.
In Minneapolis a court hearing revealed a drug ring allegedly stretched from Nepal to Red Wing Minnesota with major Cedar Rapids operations and plans to expand to Hawaii by mid June. Nine Minnesota arrestees face prosecution over a multimillion dollar heroin operation amid 30 arrests in four states. A federal undercover agent testified that Gurkhas would smuggle heroin from Nepal to Hawaii.
President Reagan will unveil his tax overhaul on May 28 in a national address after delaying from May 20 at GOP leaders' request. The plan compresses brackets to 15 25 and 35 percent, raises the personal exemption to 2000, and adds a tougher corporate minimum tax.
Two convicted killers escaped Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center by breaking a sixth floor window and using a 75 foot extension cord. Authorities issued fugitive warrants as a nationwide manhunt began for Bernard Welch and Hugh Thomas Colomb, both described as serious threats.
A light humor note observes that aging reduces the desire for things once coveted in youth. The line reflects a playful perspective on growing older and letting go of past cravings.
Linn County Judge Robert Sosalla found Millicent Hayes not guilty of assaulting a neighbor’s 4-year-old grandson after she admitted throwing water from a dog dish during a long running neighborhood dispute. The case hinged on whether water constitutes an assault and highlighted local tensions over disruptive yard behavior.
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