25 Nov 1980
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1980
Page
1
The forecast calls for generally fair weather through Wednesday with lows near 20 and highs in the mid 40s. Light winds become variable. For Thanksgiving, expect mainly fair skies but windy and colder conditions with highs in the 30s. Details on page 2A.
The page notes 52 proposals accepted may affect an Iowa State Prison lawsuit settlement after two years. A Fort Madison incident led to a four day lockup following a racial confrontation.
Time running out to enter our contest headlines a playful note about the inventor of the digital watch saying Look Ma no hands The brief item appears amid a collage of sections including Movies Comics Scrabble Deaths Sports Editorial State Family TV Farm and more on today’s pages.
The Labor Department said consumer prices climbed 1.0 percent in October, matching September, part of a 12.6 percent annual rate. Housing costs drove most of the rise with mortgage rates up 1.9 percent, while food prices moderated but remain upward.
Violent winds fanned six fires that scorched 40 000 acres of brush and timber in Southern California forcing 10 000 people to flee. Officials reported at least three deaths 322 homes damaged or destroyed and an estimated 15 million dollars in damage in San Bernardino alone. Firefighters battled arson fueled blazes threatening Mount Baldy Malibu Canyon and Arrowhead communities as looters were arrested and highways closed.
Cedar Rapids Realtor Robert W. Lehman and Berwyn couple Charles and Patty Grech vanished after a day sail. A 16 foot Hobie Cat was found capsized 50 miles offshore with no one aboard. Coast Guard marks ongoing air and sea search and rechecking nearby islands.
Cedar Rapids residents credit a calm bus driver for saving the group during a powerful Italian earthquake. The 814th Aviation Engineers Battalion reunion trip to Italy faced collapsing walls and plaster as the Naples Hotel Mediterranean trembled for about a minute and a half.
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