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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1981
Page
7
Readings show a low of 6 below zero at midnight Sunday with a high Sunday of 39 and a midnight temperature of 24. November total 2.12 inches of precipitation, normal 1.84. Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy days Wednesday to Friday with minimal precipitation and highs in the 30s to 40s.
The report lists a low of 12 degrees at Butte Montana and a high of 89 degrees at McAllen Texas for Sunday, highlighting wide regional temperature variation across the nation.
Los Angeles County deputies said Natalie Wood disappeared from the yacht near Isthmus Cove Santa Catalina Island after a late dinner. Robert Wagner, her husband, found her missing and later identified her body after searching with the yacht crew including Christopher Walken. Wagner flew home to Beverly Hills in seclusion.
Los Angeles area authorities say Natalie Wood may have fallen or jumped from a boat near Blue Cavern Point. Lifeguards retrieved her body, fully clothed, as officials note mystery around motor failure or misadventure while she was filming Brainstorm with MGM.
A southern Rockies storm delivered up to a foot of snow in the San Juan mountains Colorado. Three to four inches fell in extreme north central New Mexico while rain stretched from Kansas through Texas and the lower Mississippi valley to South Carolina. Travel advisories followed freezing rain in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa. A winter storm watch was posted for central and northeast Minnesota and northeast Wisconsin. The Pacific coast saw showers and the Great Lakes remained cloudy with snow east of Lakes Erie and Ontario.
Gazette report notes eight people died during the Thanksgiving holiday in Iowa. A Waterloo man, Robert Leisteikow, 63, died in a head on crash south of Washburn. Jeanie Whitt, 37, of Vinton survived with injuries after a hospital transfer. Other fatalities included Darlene Odland, 63, and Howard Odland, 69, in a Boone and Des Moines area crash, Lucille Rademacker, 77, in Dubuque, Gordon Hinrichs, 59, near High Amana, and two Ottumwa single vehicle deaths. The tolls reflect a high holiday period, with prior years showing 14 as the peak and three as the low.
Today includes Linn Supervisors informal session at 10 a.m. in the Administrative Office Building conference room. 6:30 p.m. Hiawatha Water Board meets at City Hall with fluoride project and budget discussions on the agenda. 7 p.m. Linn County Conservation Board budget committee discusses fiscal 1983 budget at the Conservation Engineering Building north of Marion. 7 p.m. Linn Supervisors and Linn Township Trustees meet at the County Care Facility north of Marion. 7:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Community school board holds public dialogue in the board room at 346 Second Ave SW. 8 p.m. County Supervisors hold hearing on a Linn County street address system at the County Care Facility north of Marion.
A mixed media exhibit by Ashley Walker is on display at McAuley Gallery in Mount Mercy through December 17. The show highlights Walker’s sculptural and graphic works in a contemporary gallery setting.
The article reports Dick Allen’s decision to take an administrative leave as factions within the White House debate his return. Meese notes Allen sought to appear on Meet the Press to answer allegations, while Baker and Deaver favored removal. Investigation outcomes and a possible special prosecutor loom over his future.
The Times reports Gerald Allen plans a television appearance on NBC Today to answer questions about a bribery investigation involving an American official. Allen denies taking a bribe, says an honorarium was intended for Mrs. Reagan, and explains the cash envelope was mislaid after a White House meeting with Shufu-no-tomo staff.
Dr. Chakrabarty reports a bacterium that degrades 245-T, surviving in soils with high contamination from Agent Orange. Field tests planned for spring aim to decontaminate soils by weekly six week applications, using plasmid engineered Pseudomonas to eat the chemical. The work cites Love Canal, Eglin Air Force Base, and an Arkansas dump as sampling sites.
Arab League talks in Fez saw Fahd livid at the plan's treatment and signals that Saudi-Syria relations may cool. Habib's shuttle diplomacy to Riyadh faces uncertainty as Palestinians and Israelis retrench in Lebanon. In Beirut, U.S. diplomats refuse to discuss Habib’s mission.
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