28 Aug 1985
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1985
Page
1
The Census Bureau reports 1984 poverty at 14.4 percent, down from 15.3 percent in 1983. Median family income rose 3.3 percent to 26433 after inflation, the fastest since 1972. Decline linked to stronger economy and lower unemployment. Reagan calls poverty fight ongoing.
A sequence of yearly poverty totals shows steady growth from 1981 to 1984 with figures 9,287 in 1981, 9,862 in 1982, 10,178 in 1983, and 10,609 in 1984, indicating rising poverty levels in the period.
Defense Secretary Weinberger scrapped the Sgt. York Divad program after tests showed only marginal improvements over current weapons and not worth the additional $3 billion. J TEC’s wind sensor contributed about $100,000 of the vendor’s sales. Ford Aerospace had won a contract to supply up to 618 units and delivered 65.
Cape Town authorities detain Rev Allan Boesak under the Internal Security Act as he prepared to lead a march to Pollsmoor Prison for Nelson Mandela. Government curbs on markets and a plunging rand accompany the tense political climate in apartheid era South Africa.
President Duarte announced that three of 11 guerrillas tied to the June 19 cafe massacre were arrested, with a fourth guerrilla dead and seven at large. The suspects, Salvadoran, belong to the Central American Workers Revolutionary Party, a Farabundo Marti group. A U.S. trained commission aided the investigation, and cases were turned over to a military tribunal.
A light chuckle caption notes an optimist expects a candy bar to match its wrapper. The line plays on honesty as a way to trim a long story. Copyright appears at the end as a legal marker.
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