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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1983
Page
6
Mehmet Ali Agca, previously convicted for the 1981 papal assassination attempt, faces a slander charge for claims that a Bulgarian participated in a plot to kill Polish union leader Lech Walesa. The article notes this on World page 4A.
Congress sources say CIA concludes guerrillas cannot win against the Sandinista government prompting talk of settlements. The report appears amid broader tension over how the conflict might end and U.S. involvement in Central America.
Former Gov. Harold Hughes hints at another gubernatorial bid during an Iowa Press taping. The report notes his long political career and current status, with page references to Linn County Jail confinement and a separate case of Tracy serving a 30 day term for criminal trespass in Cedar Rapids.
A former senior correctional officer at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa, fired July 14, has been charged with incest. The item appears on page 80 of the Gazette.
ISU coach George Raveling and Iowa coach Johnny Orr prepare for the 1983 season openers on Saturday against unnamed opponents as the Big 8 rivals launch campaigns from Page 1C.
The piece notes consumer confusion amid 400 to 500 financial software programs and announces a consulting firm offering help to choose the right package. It mentions Money section coverage on page 7C. A separate Farmers Home Administration loan default case reports a USDA official facing $116,000 delinquency and attempting to resolve it by selling a North Carolina farm in Farm section on page 8C.
The 57th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York featured Kermit the Frog inflated as a giant balloon in Times Square. The beloved Mickey Mouse balloon was not in the procession due to an arm ripping during inflation.
The Gazette published daily and Sunday in Cedar Rapids Iowa lists pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions with weekly and yearly options. It notes U.S. territories pricing and restrictions on mail subscriptions in carrier areas and credits the Associated Press with local news republication rights.
The Vatican issued the Charter of the Rights of the Family urging pay for parents who stay home to raise children and opposing birth control ties to aid. It defends parental rights to supervise sex education and criticizes forced limits on family size, while calling for non punitive policies toward private education.
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