Measles scare at University of Iowa prompts mass vaccination
A suspected measles case at the University of Iowa triggers an urgent call for unvaccinated students to immunize. Health officials warn measles is highly contagious with serious complications, urging immediate action even as tests determine if the case is confirmed.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Principia College
Elsah
Ill
Mary Khawassah
U of I Student Health Services
Khawassah
U.S. and Soviet Push Toward Summit Deal
Washington reports that the United States and the Soviet Union are moving toward a summit with Dobrynin delivering a Gorbachev letter favoring concrete agreements and no preconditions. Shultz plans talks with Shevardnadze in mid May as Reagan weighs a June or July summit, with November as a possible alternative.
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Gazette
Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
Reagan
Moscow
George Shultz
Eduard Shevardnadze
Shultz
Geneva
Gorbachev
Dobrynin
United States
Ranier Mesa
Las Vegas
Nev
Nye County
Eight-year-old injured by high voltage at Cedar Rapids substation
An 8-year-old Cedar Rapids boy, Jared C. Taylor, was in critical condition after touching a high voltage wire at a substation on the southeast side. Witnesses and police offered conflicting accounts of how the boy was injured, with Firefighters freeing him and him being airlifted to Iowa City after initial treatment at Mercy Hospital.
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Dave Gosch
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Jared C. Taylor
James C. Taylor
18Th St. SE
Jared
Tion
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
18Th Street
Paul Floyd
18Th St
Floyd’s
Young Taylor
Taylor
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jim Floyd
Tougher MA and NAT0 ratings on drugs and obscenity
The Motion Picture Association and the National Association of Theater Owners will apply automatic PG-13 ratings to any film containing references to illegal drugs or sexually graphic language. Spokesman Barbara Dixon cited gratuitous drug use without negative consequences, citing Sixteen Candles as an example.
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New York Times
York
Motion Picture Association of America
National Association of Theater Owners
Barbara Dixon
Washington
The
Motion Picture Association
Today’s Chuckles Goodbye to hitching posts and betting horses
A humorous note contrasts old horse tying practice with modern bets and hints at checking a spouse's evenings. The light quip reflects vintage humor on daily life and habits.
Hands Across project by Cedar Rapids 5th grader
Travis Beard 10 turning 11, a Pierce Elementary fifth grader, organizes a local Hands Across America style event to aid Linn County Food Bank. On May 27, he aims to form a human chain along 42nd Street NE from Center Point Road to Marilyn Drive with donations of food or money.
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John McIvor
Travis Beard
Cedar Rapids
America
Travis
Pierce Elementary
Linn County Food Bank
42Nd Street
Los Angeles
New York
Jim
Diane Beard
Juhi
Mary Timm
Pierce
42Nd ‘Street
Center Point Road
Marilyn Drive
Max Thompson
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