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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1982
Page
5
A tank car loaded with chemicals exploded into an orange fireball in Livingston as a chemical freight train derailed Tuesday. About 2,700 of the 3,300 evacuees remain away from home amid ongoing fires from the 43 derailed cars of the Illinois Central Gulf train.
A New Jersey judge jailed dozens of striking Teaneck teachers and aides for a third day, confining 576 workers to a kindergarten gym with bathroom and phone call restrictions. The protests began September 17 seeking higher pay, with earlier jailings increasing to 15 percent of those on strike.
In Marianna Florida Dr Frederick Beedy a rural physician hospitalized twice with knife wounds and whose home burned says the injuries were for personal safety and the blaze was set by himself He had reported unusually high cancer rates in Altha and will receive psychiatric treatment after hospital care
Officials in Bexar County scramble after a $1.4 million valuation error inflates a modest home to 90 million and overstates a laundromat ice house at 100 million. County Judge Bustamante and Tax Assessor Rudy Garza warn the budget is disrupted and funds must be shuffled.
Education Secretary Bell halts a planned address at Bob Jones University in Greenville South Carolina after White House requests amid a pending Supreme Court case on tax exemptions for racially discriminatory schools. Bell cited sensitivity and budgetary duties, with Meese concurring after consultation.
At the United Nations, Andrei Gromyko attacked Reagan era nuclear strategy calling it a plan for war. He proposed a worldwide ban on all nuclear explosions and a halt to production and deployment of weapons. Demonstrators outside blocked traffic briefly. Shultz delivered a separate critique of Soviet actions in Afghanistan and rights abuses.
Iran began a long awaited offensive targeting Iraqi positions along the border, recapturing heights east of Baghdad as Tehran seeks to oust Iraqi forces. Iraq called a UN Security Council emergency session to discuss the implications of the new attack and the ongoing cease fire talks amid six invasion attempts since June.
The U S embassy in San Salvador said it is dismayed and incredulous at the release of former Lt Rodolfo Lopez Librian linked to the killings of two American land reform advisers. A judge ordered his freedom citing insufficient evidence to hold him.
Luxembourg police detained the pilot and co pilot of a Soviet airliner that crashed killing six people. They were released after agreeing to cooperate with the investigation. Police gave no further details on identities or questions.
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