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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1983
Page
2
Voters approve a new constitution creating separate chambers for coloreds and Asians while whites keep a 166-seat chamber. P.W. Botha pledges unity as 2.7 million coloreds and 800 thousand Asians gain representation despite protests from anti-apartheid groups.
PBS withdrew No Sacred Cows from the national schedule before air. Suzanne Weil said the concept was not sufficiently refined and will be rescheduled after review. The 13 part series faced strong negative reaction from station managers over content and timing.
Grenada's governor general Sir Paul Scoon said he will name a non political transitional government by early next week and elections may not be held for a year. U.S. paratroopers guard the Cuban embassy as 49 Soviet citizens and Cuban diplomats are evacuated.
FBI says Alfred Zehe, 44, a East German physicist, was arrested in Boston on espionage charges at a scientific conference. The case stems from a two year probe by the FBI and Naval Investigative Service. Zehe allegedly contacted a U.S. Navy civilian employee in Mexico City in 1982 seeking secret military tech documents.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson formally launched his bid for the Democratic nomination saying he aims to give voice to the voiceless and hope to the downtrodden. At 42 he trails seven others but vows a just society and peaceful world as he seeks support from more than 3,000 supporters.
Solidarity founder Lech Walesa announced he asked his wife Danuta to travel to Norway to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10. He gave no reason for not going himself, saying he prefers to stay in Poland to support imprisoned Solidarity members.
American director Alan Pakula announced plans to make Spring Moon in China mirroring a century of turmoil. He intends an all Chinese cast taught to speak English and has begun talks with the Ministry of Culture and China Film Cooperation Corp.
Connie Francis will not be released from the Lake Worth Hospital this week. Administrator Alan Penn cited new issues and said she will remain hospitalized for some time, despite her father's claim she was self destructive and the alleged room incident.
Nine current and former attendants at Pennhurst Center in Spring City Pennsylvania were indicted on charges of physically abusing mentally retarded patients during 1981 and 1982. The cases draw on undercover Pennsylvania state police evidence and are described as a first federal prosecution of mental institution workers for patient abuse.
Iowa New Hampshire and Maine again refused to shift their 1984 primary and caucus dates. DNC Chairman Charles Manatt reaffirmed enforcement of party rules including potential takeover of state delegate selection. The three states submitted plans to the Compliance Review Commission, but all kept their timing provisions unchanged.
Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, received immunity from federal prosecutors after a grand jury questioned him about secret FBI videotapes of John De Lorean that he obtained and shared with CBS. The testimony focused on Flynt’s sources for the tapes.
A Soviet nuclear powered attack submarine, 341 feet long, faced unknown mechanical problems and drifted in five foot seas about 470 miles east of Charleston, not sending a distress call. It was spotted by a Navy patrol and watched by U.S. forces as a Soviet trawler and sub tender moved toward the area from Cuba.
The House narrowly approved a domestic content bill 219 to 199 to require increasing American parts and labor in U.S. sold cars starting with 1985 models. Supporters cite 700,000 potential jobs while critics warn of higher prices and retaliation. UAW President Owen Bieber called it an important victory.
The Gazette, founded in 1883 by The Gazette Company, publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Subscription rates: carrier $2.25 weekly. by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 10.40 for 4 weeks 110.00 for 52 weeks. Rates vary by state and territory. no mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas.
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