This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1981
Page
3
The Nation El Salvador reports President Jose Napoleon Duarte asks for greater U.S. aid as families of four slain American churchwomen push for justice nearly ten months after the killings. Some relatives remain hopeful, others doubt justice will come.
An opinion notes the proposed MX placement in concrete silos risks a non-mobile, sitting-duck weapon. It contrasts Sen. Laxalt’s desert-shelter shell game with a basing plan seen as equally flawed in its immobility.
Cedar Rapids junior high principals call for greater academic and behavioral expectations and note rising parental involvement in student education. The Linn County CETA Consortium will continue job training and disadvantaged work placements through December.
The Kansas City Royals secure a spot in the American League playoffs as the pennant chase narrows. Roger Maris is remembered twenty years after his 61st homer. Markets rise modestly while Treasury bill rates edge up on delayed auction. Eastern Iowa farmers advised to check weather before a three hour trip to the Farm Progress Show in Brimfield Illinois.
Archaeologists report primitive stone tools and a mammoth tooth in the Black Rock Desert near Winnemucca suggesting humans may have reached the northern New World about 20,000 years ago, 9,000 years earlier than the accepted date. Scientists urge caution and further dating validation.
The National Weather Service in Des Moines reports statewide averages for the first freeze at or below 32 degrees with October 7 as the overall date. Northwest and northeast Iowa average October 2, north central October 3, west central October 6, central October 7, southwest and east central October 8, and south central and southeast October 12.
Investigators find at least 8,500 cases where Social Security payments continued for people listed as dead on Medicare records. The probe may reach 10,000 cases with up to 60 million in overpayments.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.