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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1983
Page
3
Officials searched Monday for a 17-year-old runaway tied to the Saturday kidnapping of Bishop Maurice Dingman head of the Des Moines Diocese. Dingman was later found unharmed and released. Authorities continued inquiries on page 4A.
At Cedar Rapids Community School District board meeting a group urged overhaul of the Extended Learning Program saying the proposal is not the answer. The discussion highlighted demands for improved gifted and talented services and district accountability.
Pollution control officials Monday signaled reluctance to change the current federal sewer fund distribution, which would give Des Moines the lion’s share through the decade. In a separate item, District Court approved transferring James Hall and Charles Bolden from Iowa State Penitentiary to Johnson County Jail for Hall’s post conviction relief hearing this week. Hall, convicted of second degree murder in 1974, seeks a new trial amid claims of innocence.
A handful of state employees in Cedar Rapids voiced concern Monday about how state budget cuts affect public workers. The event was part of a statewide AFSCME informational picketing campaign, reported on Metro-Iowa page 12A.
A World Series preview features Mike Boddicker's thoughts along with analysis of the Baltimore Orioles versus the Philadelphia Phillies. The report outlines key matchups and what to expect across the series.
State consumer officials urge residents to ignore a mail order magazine offer that claims winners were selected from millions for lifetime subscriptions. They caution the public that the pitch is clearly suspect and advise disposing of the mail.
Midwestern governors endorsed creating a federal commission to guide the president and Congress on food and agricultural programs. They said the panel would curb political manipulation and establish long term national farm policies.
The Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment, after a court ordered rehearing Monday, approved a real estate agent operating a home business as long as laws are followed and zoning ordinances observed. The decision aims to end a legal challenge over the practice.
CIA Director William J Casey New York Mayor Edward Koch and former President Richard Nixon attended the funeral of Cardinal Terence Cooke at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Monday. The event drew several dignitaries and filled the church with mourners as the cardinal was laid to rest.
DES MOINES AP The penalty interest on late state taxes will be 9 percent during calendar year 1984 per Iowa Department of Revenue. The rate, two points below the average prime rate for short term business loans, equals 0.8 percent a month and applies to taxes delinquent as of next law. The current year penalty was 14 percent.
U S genetics pioneer Barbara McClintock, 81, wins the Nobel Prize in medicine for her 1951 discovery of moveable genes in Indian corn. Based at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, she broke with fixed chromosome ideas, prompting later work on gene movement in bacteria and other organisms.
Bedford Indiana aims to build a 95-foot limestone replica of the Great Pyramid of Cheops funded with 700000 in federal money. Only about 50 feet of a miniature Great Wall of China and 17 feet of the pyramid remain complete as officials seek a new use for the site and training funds to finish the project.
The Gazette corrects performance times for Children’s Theatre "Alice in Wonderland" at Kennedy High School. Shows are Wednesday 4 30 p m Thursday and Friday 4 30 and 7 p m Saturday 10 30 a m and 1 p m Tickets to individual performances will be available at the door and season tickets will be honored. Also corrected is a City Hall Notes item about mileage reimbursements for Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney. The 1983 total 1 522 48 is correct. 505 20 is part of that total paid in fiscal 1984. No mileage claims have been filed in the current year. In another correction, Iowa City at large candidate William Ambrisco did not advocate a satellite plant for northeast Iowa City but for southeast Iowa City. The Gazette will publish corrections when reports are wrong or misleading.
A historical note marks the birth of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1884, highlighting her later role as a prominent First Lady and longtime public figure.
Abbeville Alabama circuit judge Billy Joe Sheffield said he would rescind the contempt of court order and $100 fine against Connie Cox after reviewing a motion from her attorney Denny Holloway. Cox had been held in contempt for a letter criticizing a divorce ruling in the Abbeville Herald.
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