Pope John Paul II shot during general audience
Pope John Paul II was shot in St Peter's Square as he arrived for a general audience. The pope was wounded in the intestines but doctors said no vital organs were hit and he underwent two operations in a Rome hospital where he was reported recovering satisfactorily. Two American women were also wounded in the attack. Mehmet Ali Agca, a 23 year old Turk, was charged with the shooting and authorities believed accomplices may be involved while assessing possible motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John Paul II
St. Peter's Square
Rome
John Paul
Mehmet Ali Agca
Agca
Turkey
Agea
Israel threatens action over Lebanon missiles and Syria demands flights
Israel warns of military action if Syria does not remove surface to air missiles in Lebanon while Syria insists on halting reconnaissance flights over Lebanon. Syria earlier used Soviet missiles to down a pilotless Israeli aircraft over Lebanon. In France, Francois Mitterrand, 64, defeated Valery Giscard d Estaing, ending two decades of conservatives. The French stock market fell amid proposals for public jobs programs nationalization and higher taxes. In Belfast, IRA hunger striker Francis Hughes died at 25, a week after Bobby Sands. A second IRA prisoner began hunger strike at Maze Prison. In Poland Rural Solidarity registered as a union representing 2.5 million private farmers after a long recognition drive. Pagan volcano eruption ejects ash, 53 residents evacuated by a Japanese freighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Valery Giscard d
IRA
Bobby Sands
Hughes
Britain
Maze
Northern Ireland
Cedar Rapids Airport terminal costs trimmed to four million
Airport commissioners approved a plan reducing the Cedar Rapids terminal cost to four million from an original estimate of eighteen point two million. They will meet with the City Council in mid June to argue for general obligation bonds to finance the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Special Session Looms Over Reapportionment
The Iowa Senate rejected a Legislative Service Bureau plan, setting up another reapportionment scheme and signaling a possible special session later this summer. A 3 to 4 cent hike in gasoline and gasohol taxes and a 4 cent rise in diesel taxes were approved to fund road repair, with party switches flipping the measure to passage. Also in Eastern Iowa, the first degree murder trial of Jeffrey Allen Zinzer continued in Tama County District Court over the Belcher Forrest case. Dr. A E Mayner of Winthrop drew a five year medical board probation for supervision failures with physician assistants. The Iowa House approved a restricted ban on state funds for abortion at UI Hospitals and Clinics. A Clinton County 4 H meeting exploded a LP gas furnace, injuring 27 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Senate
Legislative Service Bureau
Des Moines
Toledo
Jeffrey Allen Zinzer
Tama County
Zinzer
Ferguson
Penny Sue Belcher Forrest
A.E. Mayner
Winthrop
Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners
Mayner
Clinton County
Maquoketa
DeWitt
Iowa City
Rock Island
Ill
Reagan budget cuts target Social Security and tax relief plan
The Reagan administration proposed sharp Social Security cuts for early retirees, incentives to work past 65, and tax relief for workers. The package, announced by HHS Secretary Schweiker, aims to avert potential bankruptcy and has been sent to Congress as Senate leaders note political viability. The plan also considered delaying July's COLA but dropped that idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Health and Human Services
Richard Schweiker
Congress
Senate
Howard Baker
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Philip Habib
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Damascus
Soviet Union
United States
Mediterranean
Habib
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Francis Hughes
Warsaw
Poland
Rural Solidarity
Marianas
Pagan
Mitterrand
Metro
Richard Williams
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Williams
Virginia Philharmonic
Norfolk
Third Avenue
Second Street
Wallie Lawless
Newton
Lawless
Linn County
Kee
Ely
Robert James
James
Power Company
Iowa Commerce Commission
ICC
Bud Jameson
Adm-Corn Sweeteners
Montour
Iowa House of Representatives
University of Iowa
Gordons Jewelers
Gordon's
Westdale Mall
Edgewood Road
Crossroads Mall
Ft. Dodge
Illians
Samsonite
Lee L. Woo
Downie
Craft Npei
Ron
Ted
Rocker
Atlanta
William Barrett
Barrett
Washington
Aeroflot
House
Defense
House-Senate
Los Angeles
Carol Burnett
National Enquirer
Superior Court
Peter Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
el Salvador
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roy L. Williams
Chevrolet
1St Ave
Cedar Rapids Rapids
New
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!