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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1981
Page
3
Mayors from across the nation aim to unite public and private groups to oppose a Senate bill restricting local government control of cable TV. Top union leaders plan a Sept 19 march and rally in Washington to protest Reagan era economic and regulatory policies.
East Iowa judge Ira Morrison of Washington who resigned last December goes on trial in Cedar County on assault and soliciting a bribe from a woman who testified in a bad check case. Senior Bolivian officers suspected of lucrative drug trafficking and corruption after a power shift are noted. White House: Iowa can redeem 95 percent of beverage cans under a state law. Cedar Rapids fences fail to meet code amid resident complaints. University of Iowa athletics director Christine Grant argues women’s programs will endure regardless of federal guidelines.
Davenport resident Darla Blocker, 18, weighing 170 pounds at one time, now carries the Miss Iowa banner at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Some 48 relatives have chartered a bus to New Jersey to offer encouragement amid pageant events.
The 32nd Annual Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion continues in Mount Pleasant with entertainment by Mo Bandy Rex Allen Jr and Margo Smith at 4 and 6 30 p m. Toronto Labor Day events begin at 10 a m with noon cakewalks and bingo.
The AP reports 870,000 fewer students this fall and an estimated 55,000 teacher layoffs as 1981-82 enrollment falls 1.5 percent to 57.6 million. Total school spending rises to 198.3 billion with shifts in federal and state aid, and unions warn of larger class sizes and cuts to special programs and lunch subsidies.
Newsweek survey released on the eve of Begin’s White House talks shows 53 percent of American Jews believe his policies have eroded U S backing for Israel while 34 percent say there is no harm. The poll highlights concern ahead of the summit in Washington.
The star cow of Linn County’s top dairy herd has produced three calves via surrogate mothers in under a year and is due to birth another within a month. Embryo transplants are increasingly used by dairy and cattle producers to expand offspring of leading livestock.
Two Iowa artists with contrasting styles begin season with openings Friday in the Gordon Fennell and Marvin Cone Galleries on the Coe College campus. Mission planners for Voyager 2 assign a 60 percent chance of working order if Uranus is reached in January 1986, yet scientists are excited by the unknown seventh planet.
Weather report notes highs of 80 and lows of 60 with .14 inches precipitation. Records include 102 high in 1899 and 40 low in 1950. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with slight shower chance Thursday and highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. National extremes list 33 low at Jackson Wyoming and 104 high at Yuma City Arizona.
Intense thunderstorms hit Arizona Utah and eastern Nevada Saturday with a reported tornado about 50 miles south of Phoenix. A second event overturned four mobile homes in Gila Bend Arizona. Storms also spread through Wyoming South Dakota North Dakota Texas Nebraska Oklahoma and extended to the Appalachians Alabama and northwest Florida coasts. Statewide Florida saw widespread thunder storms while outside storm regions skies were sunny to partly cloudy.
A vacant farmhouse north of Marion was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. Arson was suspected and investigation will continue this week. The structure, vacant for 10 years but reported sound, stood on County Home Road near 10th Street and was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wigger of Manchester.
Tropical storm Floyd intensified to 75 mph as it moved northwest toward the Bahamas, posing a potential threat to eastern islands with a path kept east of the Bahamas by weak steering currents. Forecasters warned a west turn could bring hurricane conditions Sunday afternoon. Nearby Hurricane Emily remained active southeast of Halifax with 90 mph winds and slow, erratic movement.
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