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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1982
Page
3
An airplane struck an apartment complex in Midland Texas shortly after takeoff and erupted in flames injuring five people three critically The incident is reported on page 4A of Nation.
The State Board of Regents approved construction deals that keep Eastern Iowa builders busy. Merit Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids received the largest contract to add an Alumni Center annex at the University of Iowa.
Sister Gloria Rivera of Mount Mercy College urges Cedar Rapids residents to join Fall Awareness Days on campus Sunday through Tuesday. Don DeFore, former Cedar Rapids resident, visited for a 50 year high school reunion and said a postscript to a letter to President Reagan helped his Peace Corps Advisory Council appointment.
Reader weighs in on whether a church is a public place and if weddings invite all attendees. Also notes Northwestern vs Northern Illinois game excitement and critiques of Iowa trout stream management by John Straub with harsh language about land acquisitions.
Woolworth Co plans to shut 336 Woolco discount stores to cut losses and focus on core profitable lines. The move signals a major downsizing tactic in a struggling retailer aiming to stabilize its position amid decades of earnings pressure.
Earl Zobel, 84, this Council Bluffs native, recovered his wallet lost in 1947 while working at Sak's Fifth Avenue in Huntington Park California. The billfold contained a few dollars, ID and photos, and Sak's returned it with a letter and roses to his wife. Zobel had dropped it into an air duct during renovations.
Detroit AP reports Alvadore Chevalier a 55 year old Windsor Ontario resident and former teacher placed a Detroit News ad offering to donate a kidney in exchange for a publishing partner and profits from his novel Get Dr Kill Doctors doubt the plan saying his kidney would likely be rejected due to disease and lack of living donor protocol.
At Pittsburgh WDVE FM a computer named Hal delivered jokes and even read news sports and weather on air. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and station staff staged the stunt using Telesensory speech tech to convert text to speech on an Apple keyboard.
Johnson County social worker recommended continued foster care for 4 year old Bobbi Jo Kirkwood at a custody hearing. Factors include unstable housing and finances, concerns about mother Tami Gilson and boyfriend Rick Thompson, and prior abuse findings. Next hearing set for Oct 1 with Dr Solomons expected to testify on suspected abuse.
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