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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1981
Page
7
Extended forecast calls for a chance of rain and snow Tuesday and Wednesday, with partial cloudiness Thursday. Highs reach the mid 30s to mid 40s and lows dip from the mid 20s to low 30s Tuesday, then fall to the low 20s by Thursday. National extremes include 8 below zero in Butte Montana and 87 in Brownsville Texas.
A large low pressure system spreads snow and rain across the Southwest on Saturday evening. Heavy snow blankets southern Sierra and northern Arizona mountains, with snow reaching the southern Rockies and travel hindered by poor visibility and high winds.
A 12 year old boy, Scott Smith of Salix, was critically injured Saturday when a .410 shotgun discharged after being dropped by a 13 year old companion. The incident occurred about 10 30 a m as the boys prepared to go hunting. Smith was helped to a Sioux City hospital for three hours of emergency surgery. Salix is a town of about 400 near the Missouri River, 30 miles south of Sioux City.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers demands 266454 88 from four teenagers and Trans Action Associates Inc Joliet for removing the sunken bridge after it burned and collapsed into the Mississippi River last summer. The wreck halted upper Mississippi navigation for about a week and left dozens of barges stranded awaiting passage. If unpaid within 30 days the Corps will sue in federal court.
Five people died on Iowa roads during the Thanksgiving weekend. Gordon Hinrichs, 59, of Amana, died when his car left Highway 149 near Main Amana and flipped into a ditch. A Dubuque woman, Lucille Rademacker, 77, died after a car crossed a sidewalk into a brick building. Two Enid Oklahoma residents, Lee Ann Lundquist Roberts, 17, and Randy Merriman, 18, were killed in a one car crash near Galesburg Illinois. A Webster City woman died in a crash on Highway 30 east of Boone. Officials said a 6 year old child and others were treated for injuries.
Mary L. Elsinga 18 of Norwalk was found nude from the waist down on Highway 61 four miles north of New Madrid after being struck by a car driven by Jimmie Pearson of Sikeston. Autopsy planned to determine cause. officials unclear if death occurred before impact.
Washington AP report says neither Japanese nor U.S. authorities found evidence of an additional gift to Richard Allen beyond the $1,000 cash from two Japanese journalists and two watches linked to an interview with Nancy Reagan. Allen says watches were a personal gift to his wife received before his January 21 start as national security adviser.
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