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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1982
Page
3
A Texas prosecutor says a tape recovered with a decomposed body contains 23 minutes of murder. The victim was found three weeks after death in a drainage ditch. The case highlights a violent crime tied to a recorded confession.
The new state service Call One assists new entrepreneurs navigating permits, with its director noting three times expected activity due to the recession. Iowa Secretary of State Mary Jane Odell forecasts a record voter turnout over a million in 1982, a first for a nonpresidential election. Marion voters go to the polls Tuesday for a new police station amid a wary economy.
Cedar Rapids may raise annual fire inspection fees for businesses by about 60 percent to support Fire Prevention Bureau operations. Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen says higher revenues are needed to maintain current manpower. City Hall Notes, page 23A.
Dr Patrick Steptoe warns against ethically risky steps in fertilization outside the womb. He cites transferring an embryo from one person to another as a potential area for concern. Health page 4B.
Major league owners gather in Chicago to decide the fate of Commissioner Bowie Kuhn after a 13 year tenure. Options include immediate dismissal, completion of the term through August, or renewal for another term, marking a pivotal leadership moment in baseball.
Washington AP report notes the government gradually uses private rent-a-guards to protect federal buildings as a cost cutting move. Charles Cobb of the Federal Protective Service cites 20 rental guards arrested since June 1980 on crimes including larceny and forgery while 4,000 private guards cover 1,000 posts.
A declassified Justice Department review says Gary Rowe Jr. was kept as an FBI informant because he was “simply too valuable to abandon” amid the 1965 killing of Viola Liuzzo in Alabama. The report notes inconsistencies in Rowe’s testimony and hints at lax investigation, while confirming no one could identify the trigger man.
Wu Yung-Keng, a Chinese Air Force pilot who defected with a MiG-19, says freedom motivated his move after landing in South Korea on Oct. 19. Seoul says he will be sent to Taiwan, which offers a 2.2 million dollar reward for pilots defecting with aircraft.
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