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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1982
Page
3
Charles Nelson a Drake University history professor is a detective. He teaches a course on the Kennedy assassination and may help solve the mystery of what happened on November 22 1963. The note appears on Nation page 10A.
A report to the University of Iowa administration strongly recommends renewing the lease for the 435 acre Macbride Field Campus north of Iowa City. Budget constraints threaten to cut all funding for the campus.
The Government Printing Office aims to turn a profit with a major radio and television drive for its 52 page catalog. The marketing director applies methods previously used for General Mills and Gillette. Nation page 11A.
A Cedar Rapids man and a former resident received 25 year and 10 year prison terms respectively for false use of a financial instrument in separate cases. The stories appear in the Iowa edition of the Cedar Rapids paper.
Gazette staff writer Nancy Stevens recalls two Cedar Rapids calamities, the 1905 American Cereal Co. fire and the May 22 1919 Douglas Starch Works explosion, as the city faces a deadly grain elevator blast.
Clifford Whitelegg expands an instrumental music program at Kirkwood Community College starting with minimal equipment. He recalls finding only a bass guitar, an amplifier, a tuner, and bongos when he arrived, outlining a fresh start in the department.
Analysts debate the housing market outlook as mortgage rates ease to more affordable levels. Some expect a surge in demand and rapid homebuilding, while others warn the rebound may be tepid amid inflation and supply constraints.
The Vatican Collections the Papacy and Art will be the largest travel exhibit ever, surpassing King Tut in scope. It opens next February at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and will tour to Chicago’s Art Institute and other venues.
Skeptics doubt that the Geneva talks will prevent a farm trade war between the United States and the Common Market. Some observers remain optimistic that the U S team could avert a disaster in farm trade relations.
Five Christian militiamen died in Fighting with Druze villagers in the Chouf Mountains near Beirut. Israeli forces moved into the area to quell tensions as Lebanese Forces reinforcements arrived. Druze leader Walid Jumblatt warned of a potential civil conflict, while Fadi Hayek of the Lebanese Forces argued troops acted to allow Christians to return home. Habib was sought to mediate with foreign troops set for withdrawal.
Pope John Paul II visited Palermo in Sicily and condemned the Mafia phenomenon as he addressed more than 50,000 people in Politheama Square. He called for an end to brutal killings that have claimed 130 lives this year and urged authorities and citizens to confront the crime wave. Police arrested two West Germans and an Austrian near the papal route with empty magazines and a bayonet, but officials said the incident was not tied to the visit.
Forecasters say the economy will start to recover in the next month despite a July to September GDP showing no growth. Unemployment remains near a 42 year high, but falling interest rates and tax cuts are expected to spur consumer spending and business investment moving into 1982.
U S Customs agents engaged smugglers along the Rio Grande in Texas after an ambush on agent Ramona Martinez. In the firefight one smuggler, Rene Taguma Guerra, was killed, while agents Robert Steel and Martinez were wounded. seven others fled and one was arrested.
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