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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1983
Page
6
Newsman Howard K. Smith urged politicians to reveal their plans while in Des Moines on page 5A, arguing journalists often know better how to fix the country than some leaders. He pressed for clear plans and accountability.
Eastern Caribbean leaders condemn Grenada's new military government as a regional security threat while a Grenadan state radio warns of an invasion tonight. In nearby developments a U.S. convoy with 2,000 Marines advances toward the island as tensions rise on page 14A.
Delays hit this month’s 30 planned nuclear waste shipments through Iowa though officials promise completion by year end. Protests arise over supposedly deteriorating rail lines and safety concerns. Dr Joyce Brothers addresses a reader about a 13 year old daughter who rarely smiles in a separate column.
The Metropolitan Opera in New York City celebrated its centennial with an eight hour event featuring almost 100 renowned voices. Ticket prices ranged from 10 to 10000 dollars for concert seating. Also noted are early prep playoff qualifiers Cedar Rapids LaSalle Mount Vernon among 12 high school teams to have qualified for state playoffs.
Michigan walk on Bob Bergeron from Fort Wayne Indiana kicked a 45 yard field goal with eight seconds left to beat Iowa. Bergeron reportedly pays six thousand dollars a year to attend Michigan and does not eat at the team training table.
Nationwide flood damage during winter storms California hurricanes Gulf Coast and New York has raised repair costs while many policies do not cover flood damage. The piece notes the strain on property owners and highlights flood risk economics.
The Agriculture Department reports that few women on farms identify as farmers despite taking on extensive roles in producing the nation’s food and fiber. The note appears on Farm page 6B.
A farm labor solidarity day in the Waterloo area on November 1 features a rally, sausage giveaway, and round table discussion to protest agricultural policies. Organizers say farmers facing bankruptcy will donate pork instead of protests like milk dumping or pig shooting.
CBS News aired an FBI videotape showing John De Lorean viewing a suitcase said to contain cocaine. The 9th Circuit vacated a temporary restraint, allowing the broadcast as De Lorean faces drug trafficking charges and potential jury impartiality concerns.
Former Florida governor Reubin Askew captured 45 percent of the Florida Democratic State Convention straw poll votes, while a separate newspaper poll showed Mondale leading 32 to 26 and Ohio Senator John Glenn at 19 percent. Mondale finished second in the convention with 35 percent, and Glenn third with 17 percent.
Charles Harris fifty five year old man rammed a gate at the Augusta National Golf Club in a pickup truck and took five people hostage including two White House aides demanding to speak with President Reagan. He had a history of alcoholism and was despondent over job loss and his father's death.
Nearly half a million demonstrators filled Brussels Madrid and Paris on Sunday in Western Europe protests against new U S nuclear missiles. Organizers put Sunday turnout at 1 5 million with no violence or arrests reported while Saturday saw over a million in sit-ins and human chains across the region. West Germany police arrested 450 protesters on Saturday. In Brussels crowds exceeded the October 1981 turnout with about 300 000 organizers said. In Madrid about 150 000 joined a march behind a banner For A Europe Without Missiles. Barc elona and Oviedo added thousands more. In Paris protesters opposed both Soviet and NATO missiles from the U S Embassy to the Soviet Embassy. Demonstrations planned for Oslo Copenhagen and the Netherlands next weekend.
Tass reports a caravan of Soviet ships freed from Arctic ice reached Murmansk on Sunday. The crippled Kolya Myagotin cleared the Bering Strait amid ongoing life-saving efforts by the crew and icebreakers Captain Khlevnikov and Magadan.
A survey released by the Citizen-Labor Energy Coalition projects retail natural gas prices will be about seven percent higher than last year. Home heating bills are expected to rise about three times that amount unless the 1982-83 winter repeats.
The Justice Department reports a 5 percent drop in the first half of the year across all seven major FBI crime categories, while state and federal prison populations rise 4.2 percent to a record 431,829. FBI figures show declines in murder, rape, robbery, and assault, along with drops in burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft.
Pedro Julio Garcia, director of Prensa Libre, was released after two weeks in captivity by the Guatemalan Labor Party. His family paid a ransom and rebels published communiqus in Guatemala and six other nations. He was left blindfolded on a street and said all demands were met.
A federal appeals court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Wayne Williams, the Baton Rouge killer, to allow another Supreme Court appeal. Williams killed an elderly guard during a January 1979 supermarket holdup and faced a death sentence in Louisiana's electric chair. three prior stays this year and a clemency appeal from his family were noted as Gov. Treen considers mercy. Williams had been set to die Tuesday.
A tentative agreement in Chicago ended a three week teachers strike affecting 436,000 students. Ruth Love said the pact includes a salary raise and shared fiscal responsibility. union leaders hailed a "win-win" deal after mediation by former U.S. Labor Secretary William Usery.
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