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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1983
Page
3
Public comment split as the Cedar Rapids Community School Board approves proposed changes for gifted and talented programs. Officials endorsed the plan while the Cedar Rapids Association for the Talented and Gifted criticized it.
Northwestern Bell asks the Iowa Commerce Commission to reconsider its decision denying a rate increase and ordering a refund. The company argues the ruling drops its rate of return below the commission guideline. Market jump.
Demonstrators nationwide protested NATO missiles and blockaded nuclear sites from New England to the West Coast. Over 1,000 protesters were detained, including the wife of a police chief, at Honeywell in Minneapolis and at Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, where Dr. Benjamin Spock was among the 300 seized. Police reported most actions were orderly.
Eight people tried to block the Arsenal entrance Monday morning and were arrested by arsenal police. Five from Iowa named include Chuck Quilty and Steve Quilty among others. The weekend protest by Quad Cities War Resistance Community spanned Fort Armstrong tents and a human chain at the road entry.
Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock says the First Avenue East viaduct in Cedar Rapids will stay a three lane condition into next spring. The Milwaukee Road owned structure is too deteriorated to repair before cold weather. traffic remains one lane westbound and two lanes eastbound.
Ten years ago the United States placed its military on a worldwide precautionary alert amid concerns that the Soviet Union planned to deploy troops to the Middle East. The move reflected heightened Cold War tensions and regional instability drawing major nations into the volatility.
Federal judge postpones trial for John De Lorean on cocaine trafficking charges after CBS News aired FBI surveillance tapes of his arrest. Judge Takasugi warned of possible harm to the judicial process while CBS defends publication and notes prior delays in the case.
The Gazette established in 1883 and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second Class postage paid at Cedar Rapids with subscription rates for carrier and mail editions listed for various durations and areas.
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