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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1981
Page
4
NASA said tile and control rocket repairs on the launch pad may allow the Space Shuttle Columbia to fly again in late October or early November. A new launch date will be set in about two weeks after progress assessments.
Sandra Day OConnor was sworn in as associate justice in a six minute ceremony attended by President Reagan 500 guests and family. Chief Justice Burger welcomed her and she pledged to defend the Constitution as the court's first female member since its 1790 founding.
Kenneth Parnell is sentenced to seven years for the Feb 14 1980 kidnapping of Timmy White in Ukiah. The judge cites maximum penalty to protect society and deter similar crimes. He faces another trial over Steven Stayner's 1972 disappearance after living with Parnell for seven years.
The Veterans Administration plans a policy shift requiring poverty proof to continue free care, potentially affecting about 3.15 million veterans by January 1. Critics argue the rule amounts to a second degree stigma for those unable to pay. The regulation awaits clearance by the Office of Management and Budget.
Washington officials announced that federal employee health programs will no longer cover non emergency abortions. The move follows congressional and presidential opposition to using federal funds for abortions, with about 17,000 abortions funded last year, most not emergencies.
A truck with cargo and passengers plunged into the Nile at Owens Falls Dam near Jinja 50 miles east of Kampala. Government radio said up to 80 may have drowned as search was hindered by lack of police frogmen. the dam supplies power to much of Uganda and parts of western Kenya.
A Nodaway County grand jury declined to indict anyone in the July 10 death of Kenneth Rex McElroy a 47 year old farmer described as the town bully of Skidmore The vigilante killing occurred as he and his wife prepared to leave the B and G Tavern with about 60 onlookers present Residents say McElroy terrorized most of the 440 residents and that townspeople had little information to share with authorities
In Warsaw Poland the parliament backed a compromise worker self management law aimed at joint selection of plant managers by union members and the government. Solidarity leaders warned the measure may not win rank and file support as delegates gathered in Gdansk for the national congress opening.
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