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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1986
Page
4
Explosions at a Kabul army ammunition depot in the early hours caused a huge fireball and widespread smoke. Reports say many may be killed, with ongoing rescue efforts as security forces policed the area around the 8th division base in western Kabul.
East German farmers complained to the Communist Party about shoddy trousers. Unser Dorf quoted the Reinholdshain agricultural cooperative leaders near Dresden saying the pants sit too low and slide down when bending to work, exposing posteriors. The paper blamed economizing in fabric use.
A Harvard School of Public Health team revises its earlier claim linking coffee to pancreatic cancer. In a New England Journal of Medicine letter, they report no increased risk for under five cups daily, with unclear risk above that and no clear dose response, especially among women.
NBC spokeswoman confirms Jane Pauley and Garry Trudeau welcomed a 7 pound 6 ounce boy in New York. The infant remains unnamed as Pauley prepares to return to Today on October 10, marking her 10th anniversary with the program.
The Defense Department says automatic Gramm Rudman budget reductions could force discharge of about 310000 active duty and 280000 reserve personnel starting in October. Congress may alter or avoid the cuts, with Supreme Court influence on the law.
A federal grand jury in Norfolk indicted Nancy Reagan's maid Anita Sanabria Castelo and three others for conspiring to export ammunition to Paraguay without licenses. Also charged are Julio Baez Acosta Hernan Perdomo Duarte and Eugenio Silva. shipments allegedly moved from Deepwater Terminal in Richmond.
In Alaska, Gov Bill Sheffield lost the Democratic primary to Steve Cowper amid impeachment fallout. Former Gov Walter Hickel failed to win the Republican nomination, conceding to Arliss Sturgulewski who led late as precincts counted. First term Sen Frank Murkowski enters general race.
Two Louisiana prison escapees Dan ny Weeks and James Colvin remained at large after abducting Army lieutenant Karyn Laccheo in Houston and releasing her unharmed near the Mexican border in Pecos Texas. Laccheo driven about 190 miles from El Paso where captors freed her Tuesday. Mayeux, 38, was freed unharmed in Houston eight hours after being forced into a car in Alexandria.
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