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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1981
Page
2
Federal agents are investigating charges of extensive drug trafficking, beatings, murder and a cover up beneath Yosemite National Park’s granite cliffs. Page 12A.
Education area food service directors push for tastier lower cost options as national nutrition standards face potential cuts. Two features examine Kirkwood Community College teaching in rural areas showing strong results and the impact of commuter marriages on marital bonds. Also report on satellite meal sites expanding congregate dining for seniors in small towns.
Financial gains for Sears Roebuck & Co. increase as the nation’s largest retailer reports growing profits. Separate notes mention East Central Iowa farmers buying land despite high rates and weak grain prices, and garden care tips as tender plants move indoors. Gwendolyn Brooks to speak at Mount Mercy College Saturday amid centennial Kennedy Center status.
A roundup of upcoming events across Iowa including Cedar Valley Collectors Show 9 am to 5 pm with $1 admission. Iowa Crafts Invitational 2 to 5 pm at Cedar Rapids Art Center. Statler Brothers at Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Fiddlers Day and Barbershop Quartet at Seminole Valley Farm 1 to 4 pm. Illusions of Elvis at International Hawaiian Inn 7 pm with $5 tickets. Event entries cover recitals at University of Iowa and Cornell College. Hawkeye Bicycle Association Pork Chop Hill tour 8 am Bever Park. Linn County Pony Express Fun Show 10 am Midway Arena with halter and games. Independence Saddle Club Five Trophy Horse Show 3 am Buchanan County Fairground with 38 classes. Wapsie Autumn Canoe Trip 1 to 7 pm Indian Creek Nature Center with reservations. Marty Mitchell watercolor exhibit reception noon to 1 pm at Peoples Unitarian Church. Jesus Christ Superstar 7 pm Old Creamery Theater all Sundays sold out. Jessie and the Bandit Queen 7:30 pm Studio Theater Garrison. Chapter Two 2 pm Cedar Rapids Community Theatre tickets 5.50 with student discounts.
Readings at C.R. airport for 24 hours ending 7 p.m. Saturday show a low of 66, high of 81, precipitation 0.5 inch. The extended forecast calls for fair, mild days with cool nights, highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s and lows in the 40s to 50s through Thursday. National extremes noted include West Yellowstone 28 and Palm Springs 104.
The House Intelligence Committee is examining Edwin Wilson and Frank Terpil ties to Libyan leader Khadafy. Rep. Boland says staff will assess whether legislation is needed to curb former CIA employees business activities and ties to current agents. A Senate bill by Lloyd Bentsen would bar US citizens from aiding terrorism with weapons or recruitment, punishable by up to 10 years in prison or a $25,000 fine.
Richard Marino and Calvin Smith of Sebastopol California won more than 1.6 million dollars in damages from Synanon after a Solano County jury found they were handcuffed interrogated and had their heads shaved by Synanon members six years earlier In Marin County on July 15 1975 their pickup allegedly forced two Synanon girls aged 13 and 11 off the road and the posse punished the men by beating and shaving their hair Officials said the suit marked the largest damages against Synanon to date and a new trial may be sought by the defense
A 13-year-old Muscatine boy was shot in the shoulder by a 410 shotgun carried by another 13-year-old while they hunted on the Clarence Calvert farm in Union Township north of Columbus Junction. The injured youth was loaded into a Mercy Hospital Iowa City and listed in good condition. William Crosley, age unknown, aided the victim.
Polk County District Court Judge Rod Ryan refused to drop three kidnapping charges against Phillip Charles Vance in connection with a June 13 holdup at an Ankeny drug store. Vance, 34, is jailed on $475,000 bond and also faces three counts of attempted murder and one count of armed robbery.
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