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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1981
Page
4
The National Center for Health Statistics reports 1980 saw 2,413,000 marriages a new high and 3,598,000 births the largest since 1970. Divorces reached 1,182,000 and the death rate rose 3 percent with life expectancy down 0.2 years due to influenza outbreaks.
Pat Sum merall, the Florida born CBS sportscaster living in Lake City, considers challenging Senator Lawton Chiles after a Florida Republican Party suggestion. He calls a political run exciting and enjoyable.
The Buckeye High School custody transfer desegregation case ends as the families say they cannot afford further appeals. They previously pursued the 5th Circuit and expected Supreme Court costs around fifteen thousand dollars, with the district court ruling upheld. Meanwhile in Atlanta Andrew Young and Sidney Marcus advance to a mayoral runoff after a racially split election, with runoff set for October 27.
Congress approved a compromise military pay raise of 10 to 17 percent for enlisted personnel and 14.3 percent for officers, retroactive to Oct 1, with payment expected in this month’s paychecks if President Reagan signs promptly.
At Columbia University a clash between Rev. Dan Fore of the Moral Majority and history professor James Shenton drew about 1,000 students. Fore condemned abortion and homosexuality as sins while Shenton called homosexuality a matter of personal preference, sparking cheers and groans from the Ferris Booth Hall crowd.
Bombs exploded in the National Israeli Tourist Office in central Rome and at a seaside resort in Ostia injuring five people. Police said the blasts appeared coordinated and occurred just before 7 p.m. as Russian Jewish immigrants gathered awaiting visas to emigrate. No group claimed responsibility.
Riot police in Manila fired guns and swung clubs as rock-throwing students denounced the U S Marcos dictatorship injuring scores in the worst riot in five years. Seven policemen were hurt including Col Alfredo Yson. Eight student leaders were arrested on tumultuous disturbance charges after a three hour demonstration near the National Press Club over campus freedom and tuition fees.
A salvage team recovered nearly the entire eight million dollar cargo of gold from the sunken British destroyer HMS Edinburgh in the Barents Sea. Divers worked three weeks to retrieve Soviet bullion intended to pay for World War II arms, with only a few bars left unrecoverable.
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