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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1988
Page
12
Seventeen Iowans join a 238 person Soviet American Peace Walk moving through the Ukrainian Republic. One walker, reached by phone Friday from the USSR, notes the journey blends foreign culture with familiar experiences as the group travels in the Soviet Union.
Walker Martie Olson describes Ukrainian villagers as simple yet rich in spirit as 280 Soviet peers join an American Soviet Peace Walk across Ukraine from Odessa to Kiev. The group, begun after orientation in Odessa, plans events in Moscow before Americans return September 15.
Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines will host a new McDonald’s with a heart healthy menu. Spokesman William Maurer said the restaurant, opening by Christmas, will offer low salt burgers and unsaturated fat cooking, plus special soups salads juices and fresh fruits alongside the regular menu. McDonald’s already operates in eight other U.S. hospitals.
James P. Gannon, editor of The Des Moines Register since 1982, will leave by year end to become Washington bureau chief for The Detroit News. He joined Des Moines in 1978 and will also write a Detroit News column. Gannon will be replaced this fall by a successor.
A La Crosse man sues Iowa Methodist Medical Center and the Blood Center of Central Iowa claiming AIDS from a 1985 blood transfusion during hip replacement. His attorney says the center failed to screen the blood. officials note no approved AIDS test existed then.
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