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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1981
Page
3
Nationwide investigation in Oklahoma centers on a alleged kickback scheme. Court filings name multiple firms and officials connected to the payments. The probe expands as prosecutors pursue higher see ins and potential co conspirators. Authorities caution more charges may follow as the case unfolds.
Family St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids performed twice as many bypass procedures as expected in the first three years. Dr. Wilson Strong warns that the midwestern diet may be hazardous to health as open heart surgery continues to expand in the region.
Chicago police seize Harold Wells, 22, fleeing toward Illinois after New York authorities report a rape and robbery at the Sisters of Charity Convent in East Harlem. Wells admits the attack and names an accomplice, Max Lindeman, 23, who is charged in Manhattan with first degree rape and related offenses. The nun, 30, was assaulted, robbed, and crosses were cut on her body. she was treated and released from St. Vincent's Hospital.
Convicted murderer Colin Clark, scheduled for execution on Nov 5 in Louisiana, says he has proposed to Shirley Hunter to give their 3-year-old son Dylan the family name. Hunter accepts. no wedding date set and warden has not yet granted permission. Clark plans to move to the death house Thursday and maintains his innocence regarding the killing of Fred Schmidt in 1978.
The American ambassador to Italy Maxwell M. Rabb 71 was hurriedly evacuated from Milan last Wednesday after Italian authorities uncovered a Libyan plot to assassinate him in retaliation for the August downing of Libyan warplanes. He is now in Washington under guard and is expected to return to Rome in a few days. State Department officials cited normal consultations and other urgent factors for recall.
NRC investigators found potentially critical errors in the earthquake safety equipment design at Pacific Gas and Electric Diablo Canyon plant. Officials say the consequences could be more significant than earlier discovered issues that triggered an emergency review of the $2.3 billion facility near San Luis Obispo.
Eleven people perished in a three alarm blaze that gutted an Hoboken apartment building early Saturday. The Hoboken Fire Department said the first call came at 4 13 a m and responders found the structure totally involved.
Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union won his fourth game against Viktor Korchnoi in Merano Italy to pull within two wins of the world championship. The 43 move game ended with Karpov winning material and a decisive position as Karpov led 4-1 in the series with four draws already recorded.
India plans to purchase 150 Mirage-2000 jets from France in a $3.3 billion deal to offset U.S. F-16 sales to Pakistan. Marcel Dassault chairman R C Valliers cut short a New Delhi visit to return to Paris to help finalize the agreement, per Press Trust of India.
Dr. Christopher Pizzo of San Diego and Nepalese guide Ang Tenzing reached Everest's 29 028 foot summit as part of a U S expedition. A colleague, Dr. Peter Hackett of Anchorage, climbed toward the summit alone risking nightfall entrapment. The Nepal ministry coordinated radio contact and warned a rapid descent after finishing.
In 1936 Germany and Italy joined to form the Rome Berlin Axis, aligning fascist regimes and signaling closer cooperation in Europe. The pact linked leaders and governments and set the stage for further alliances and tensions that shaped the prewar period.
Johnny Carson bid farewell to Norfolk after filming an NBC special titled Johnny Goes Home. He revisited his high school, rode his father’s 1939 Chrysler, and plunged from a railroad bridge into the Elkhorn River as cameras rolled. The town, calling itself Carson City, celebrated his 56th birthday with reunions, a Milestones award, and fond reminiscences of his youth.
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