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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1983
Page
1
Inside the paper notes preservation of Pilgrim ancestry and Mayflower passenger stories. It also offers holiday recipes and turkey tips, plus ideas for treats. A teenage adoption thread in C. R. is mentioned.
A winter storm moving through Iowa killed at least three people on Thanksgiving travel day. Among the dead were Arthur George Hallett, 77, and Lucille R. Hallett, 71, near Jefferson while traveling from Don City. The system, blamed for 21 nationwide deaths, disrupted Midwest travel as another storm loomed on the West Coast.
A major Iowa snowstorm soaked the southwestern region with the heaviest accumulation, while Cedar Rapids saw only a trace. The system is forecast to push toward the Plains by Sunday as the pattern tightens.
The Soviet Union walked out of medium range missile talks in Geneva reacting to West German approval of NATO's plan. Yuli Kvitsinsky left after 25 minutes calling the talks discontinued indefinitely. Reagan and Nitze condemned the move while asserting readiness to halt deployments if a pact to reduce or remove missiles is reached.
Shoppers and retailers rush to Christmas amid harvest sales and trim a tree promotions. Malls convert Halloween stores to Christmas and retailers report earlier start times, with some customers buying trees in November and others storing greens for later use.
The piece notes home computers and the software to run them as hot items amid heavy TV ads. It cites demand for educational software, books about operation, and other electronics like tape recorders, stereos, and home video recorders. It also mentions rising television upgrades due to the Olympics and cable expansion, plus cordless telephones.
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