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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1981
Page
13
President Reagan laid out a 180.3 billion plan to extend strategic power into the next century. He urged deploying 100 MX missiles and continuing B-1 bomber and stealth plane development while rejecting Utah Nevada shelters.
Across Beirut and Peking to Tehran and Belfast, major events unfold. A car bomb in Beirut kills at least 83 and wounds 300 as factions blame Israel and PLO tensions escalate. In Beijing talks surface on China Taiwan reunification while Iran reports a fatal air crash of defense leaders amid victory claims. In El Salvador Duarte seeks FBI help as U.S. plans a long-term presence. Solidarity in Poland reelects Walesa as thousands react to market panic and a Maze hunger strike ends with deaths and political reaction.
A six man six woman jury convicts Robert Vesely of voluntary manslaughter in the April 15 shooting death of his estranged wife Laura Vesely. He faces up to 10 years and had been argued as drunk at the time. In the same building, another murder trial began for David Oppelt, linked to the October 24, 1980 killing of Steve White in Iowa City.
Abbott Lipsky who held air rights for the second floor of the Ground Transportation Center said financing the 90 000 square foot area is not feasible due to high interest rates affecting both the transit center and a downtown mall.
Islamic representatives from 38 nations urged the United Nations General Assembly to call for a Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on the anniversary of the invasion. They argue for international pressure and a negotiated peace.
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