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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1981
Page
3
The Judiciary Committee staff recommends cutting next year’s refugee ceiling from 168,000 to 80,000 to 100,000 as the previous emergency eases and budget limits require restraint.
Excerpts from Bette Davis life claim her first husband blackmailed the couple for 80 000 after catching Davis with Howard Hughes. The book by Charles Hingham lands in Us magazine next week. Other notes report Polish officials meeting on readiness measures amid shortages.
Netherlands based AGO Holding N V announces a tender offer through a subsidiary to buy up to 1.5 million Life Investors Inc common shares at 34 dollars per share in cash. The report also mentions ITT Continental bakery and agriculture technology discussions.
A dense schedule lists multiple Cedar Rapids area meetings including the Airport Commission at 10 a.m and a public hearing on airside landside facilities for a new terminal. Linn Supervisors, city officials, and the CETA Consortium meet at 11 a.m, with more sessions across health services, school boards, and zoning commissions through 7:30 p.m.
Readings show 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Sunday with 81 percent humidity at midnight and SE wind at 5 mph. Barometer 29.80 steady. Highs in the 60s to 70s, lows in the 40s, extended forecast fair and cool Wednesday through Friday. Record high 93 in 1920, record low 33 in 1974.
Florence marks Pinocchio turning 100 with two year centennial celebrations across Tuscany. Ice cream shops offer free sherbet for children as president and premier send messages. Festivities include exhibits, film and theater, scholarly seminars, and public displays honoring Carlo Lorenzini’s puppet.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid. Subscription rates: carrier 1.65 weekly. mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues eight dollars fifty four weeks ninety five eighty? The copy lists errors but notes AP exclusivity for local news republication. USPS 095680.
National temperatures swung from a low of 24 degrees at West Yellowstone Montana to a high of 106 degrees in Palm Springs California. Old records were challenged as cold and heat battled across the nation.
Unseasonable cool air presses across the United States with dry weather for most regions. A few scattered showers occur in Washington and the central Rockies, while Pacific Northwest winds exceed 40 mph. Temperatures range from near 50s to 60s in the north to 90s and above in the deserts and southern plains.
Iowa State turf expert Nick Christians warns late summer is best for starting a lawn in central Iowa with Sept 30 as a deadline. He stresses quality seed a blend of 3 to 4 Kentucky bluegrass cultivars, add fine fescue for shade, proper starter fertilizer, and careful watering.
In this light hearted column Phil Pastore quips about the alfalfa health foods shop thriving under its proprietors. He jokes about their success and questions how they cleared a popcorn crop before movies arrived, mixing humor with local business color.
Stanley Fisher, murdered near Council Bluffs, reportedly aided police last summer and was wired for sound in a plan to arrest a man linked to the California Apartments fire. Charges against a suspect were dropped for lack of evidence. others face murder counts.
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