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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1983
Page
3
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt keeps the focus on his provocative politics and pornography as he pursues serious influence. The piece notes his calculated outburst in the Supreme Court and his bid for credibility.
The sector reports Iowa as the third largest employer in the nationwide construction machinery and equipment industry. Despite a global slump reducing sales, manufacturers still employed about 250000 workers amid weak markets at home and abroad.
A rare collection of Mesquakie Indian tribal artifacts will be part of a new natural history gallery exhibit at the University of Iowa in Macbride Hall. The artifacts came from the son of a Tama harness maker who was a Mesquakie friend.
A 49-year-old Decorah woman and substitute teacher says citizens must understand nuclear disarmament as the primary question of our time before the next election. She won a seat this year on the national board of the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament in a rural area.
In Clarence, a shirttail relative continues G. H. Penningroth’s 50 year old sausage recipe. Penny's Meat Market owner says the best part is making a product people enjoy and return for. East Iowa, page 28A.
An Iowa City brochure to attract business is published in Illinois. A local printer in Johnson County says he no longer bids on municipal work as awards favor out-of-town companies. Page 29A.
A 21 year old Marion man fought a lengthy bureaucratic process to rejoin the Air Force after an involuntary medical discharge. He persevered through appeals and medical reviews and now wears the uniform again acknowledging the ordeal.
More women entering paid employment in Cedar Rapids are not abandoning service. The rise in working women has made volunteer programs more relevant, with volunteer involvement increasing substantially over the last decade in the Cedar Rapids area.
A Johnson County Widowed Persons Service unit starts operating Tuesday to help about 500000 widowed Americans yearly. Volunteers support widowed people of all ages under the sponsor of an elderly organization as part of Growing Older coverage.
A couple bought the neglected colonial structure once housing Coe presidents and spent six years restoring its splendor to preserve a piece of history. The story appears on page 1F under home.
Artichoke growers in Iowa band together to form a commodity group amid bankruptcy and drought. They seek new food ideas and marketing strategies to revive the Jerusalem artichoke industry, aiming to strengthen the stalled crop this summer.
Former Florida Governor Reubin Askew, a Democratic presidential hopeful, spoke in Cedar Rapids and met supporters at the Roosevelt Hotel. He criticized activists for alienating party members and said he will work with individual Democrats while avoiding special interest groups.
A gunman holed up in a hotel room opposite Disneyland for 101 hours firing a rifle at police before surrendering with his dog. One woman was injured and about 80 people were evacuated from three nearby motels. Lawrence Dennis Hamile, 38, of Santa Ana, was booked on assault with a deadly weapon and firing at police.
The Gazette corrects the address for Julie A Gottsche 21 charged Friday with theft of cable TV services to 136 21st Ave SW. The report describes a motel shooting by Hamile who fired from a room 10 20 p m Friday prompting tear gas and police response. 100 evacuees were later revised to about 20 from Anaheim Police Special Operations. Disneyland reopened after Hamile surrendered.
A top Defense Department official returning from Central America urged increased U S military aid to El Salvador to overcome mobility limits in the war against leftist guerrillas. He cited helicopter shortages and proposed broader U S involvement with Honduras and Costa Rica, including joint civil and military exercises along Nicaragua borders.
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Second class mail, subscription rates listed for carrier and mail, with territorial restrictions and AP republication rights.
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