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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1992
Page
3
Firefighters battled the Old Gulch Fire across 15000 acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills burning 53 structures. Up to 14000 Calaveras County residents evacuated with thousands staying in emergency shelters. The blaze remains a major historic-lands legacy risk.
Iraq denounces a Western proposal for a southern Shiite safe haven as imperialist, rejects any Western control over its warplanes, and vows to resist. The plan by the United States Britain and France would patrol skies below the 32nd parallel, risking renewed conflict after the Gulf War cease fire.
North Carolina scientists at UNC Chapel Hill report a gene modified mouse that mimics human cystic fibrosis, providing the first animal model to test drugs and therapies. The CF Foundation calls the work a major victory and a tool to speed up finding a cure, noting CF affects about 30,000 in the U S and 1,400 new cases yearly.
Health officials said a measles epidemic across several urban areas two years ago has largely abated though warnings remain for parents to immunize children. CDC data show 1990 totals at 27 786 cases nationwide dropping to 9 662 in 1991 with expectations of under 5 000 cases in the current year.
Mortar and rocket fire struck Sarajevo wounding a U N peacekeeper and setting the Parliament building ablaze. Shelling closed the airport briefly as factions agreed to move heavy weapons under U N control.
Woody Allen took a lie detector test that his lawyer said supports his denial of sexually abusing a 17 year old adopted by him and Mia Farrow. Moses Farrow, 14, disputed custody and claimed Allen hurt his family. Diane Keaton may replace Farrow in Allen's next film Manhattan Murder Mystery.
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