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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1981
Page
1
Kansas City report says former First Lady Bess Truman, 96, remains in serious condition at Research Medical Center after an inability to absorb nutrition. Dr. Wallace Graham changed IV supplement due to inadequate absorption following a May 6 fall at her Independence home.
Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver, was found guilty of 13 counts of murder in London's Old Bailey. The jury rejected insanity and sentenced him to life with a minimum 30 years, while victims’ families and protesters gathered outside.
Washington reports April inflation at 0.4 percent, annualized 5.1 percent, the best monthly showing since July. Food prices mostly steady with grocery costs down 0.2 percent while restaurant meals and alcohol edge higher. Gasoline falls 1.4 percent after a year of price gains, and economists expect only modest energy-cost increases ahead.
Iowa Beef Processors posts six month net earnings of 26.2 million up 26 percent from a year earlier. CEO Robert L. Peterson notes start-up slaughter at Finney County exceeds expectations with about 2000 cattle per day and a second shift planned later in 1981. Processing line to add 300 workers as one shift begins in June. Sales reach 2.4 billion for six months, up 8.9 percent.
Fierce unrest spreads from Belfast to Derry and other cities after the death of Patrick O Hara at the Maze Prison. Police report one rioter killed and about a dozen injured, including five soldiers, as arson and shelling rocket through Catholic neighborhoods. The INLA threatens retaliation while hunger strikes continue in protest for political prisoner status.
Kansas Attorney General Robert T. Stephan will file a suit in the Kansas Supreme Court challenging Gov. John Carlin's line item veto of a school finance provision. The action seeks to clarify veto powers and the Legislature's ability to attach non monetary provisions to an appropriations bill, with potential wide impact on state fiscal policy and future governance.
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