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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1982
Page
4
A 2-year-old Brittany spaniel named Muggins was flown from Medford Oregon to Los Angeles to reunite with his 12-year-old cancer-stricken master Teddy. The boy said the dog helps him forget the pain as he endures chemotherapy.
A university professor argues that ordinary people on the street predict the economy as well as, or better than, expensive expert forecasts. The piece appears on Money page 6B and examines perceived accuracy gaps between professional and public economic guessing.
Edsel Bryant Ford, 33, serves as marketing plans manager in the Ford Division as senior leaders at Ford Motor Co. groom the so called young Edsel to assume control of the nation’s second largest automaker.
The Gazette reports most soil commissioner contests are uncontested with incumbents seeking re election. In Benton Delaware Washington and Winneshiek counties political newcomers challenge while others run unopposed in next month’s general elections.
At the Marion Heights Shopping Center the Linn County Democratic Fun Festival drew about 300 people as Roxanne Conlin and Sen. Gary Hart attacked Reaganomics and promoted positive choices in Iowa politics. Hart faulted Reagan for blaming Carter and mocked the slogan the buck stops over there. Conlin warned of a broke treasury after Republican gains, noting a swing from a $100 million surplus to a potential $75 million shortfall.
In Atlantic Iowa 58 Cass and Adair county residents offered to sit out a 30 day contempt sentence for Marsha Goodman and her husband the voluntary acts sparked by concern for the pregnant mother and her ability to care for her son Joshua as a custody dispute unfolds Judge Harold Martin noted the offers but said they punished innocent people and medical care would be provided if needed.
Rhonda Gillespie 26 is charged with attempted murder after a domestic quarrel left Steve Gillespie 28 in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the stomach. He remained hospitalized Sunday.
The Gazette, established 1883 by The Gazette Company, publishes daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices. The newspaper cites AP republication rights and USPS details.
A selective exhibit from the Office for Intellectual Freedom shows nearly two dozen titles banned from libraries and schools. Classics such as Gone With The Wind, Catcher In The Rye, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are cited for censorship reasons across various communities since 1976.
Flexsteel Industries says a tentative agreement was reached with the United Upholsterers Furniture and Woodworkers Union during talks in Elgin Illinois. The company canceled plans to hire more workers and reopen three plants in Dubuque Pennsylvania and Texas until union members vote on the proposal. Union leaders will put the proposal to a membership vote at an unspecified time.
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