Iowa murders rise 16 percent to 59 in 1987
Iowa recorded 59 murders in 1987, up 16 percent from 1986 per the Iowa Department of Public Safety. The note appears on Page 5A alongside sports briefs. The Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets beat the Topeka Sizzlers 112-98 at the Five Seasons Center, reported on Page IC.
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Today's Chuckle Promises Fizzle After One Year
The humor column notes that political promises vanish quickly as support fades, likening campaign pledges to prom vows that slip away after the season ends.
Pentagon cuts computer link amid intruder breach
The Pentagon severed the non classified military computer network from the nationwide academic and corporate system after an intruder accessed several military and defense contractor computers. Mitre Corp in Bedford, Massachusetts reported repeated unauthorized entries, with university networks also used to reach Mitre, officials said.
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Canada
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Bush vows Evans for major agricultural policy post
President elect George Bush said he would name former Iowa Representative Cooper Evans to a major agricultural policy position. Evans has been on short lists for Secretary of Agriculture and advised Bush on farm credit during the campaign.
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Iowa
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Jackson
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Iown
U.N. censures United States over Arafat visa denial
The General Assembly voted 151 to 2 to censure the United States for denying a visa to PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and urged reversal within 24 hours. A reconvened Geneva session is planned for mid December to hear Arafat if Washington remains opposed.
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Sunlight Ties Strong Exposure to Cataract Risk
Johns Hopkins researchers studied 838 Chesapeake Bay fishermen and found that heavy ultraviolet exposure triples the risk of cortical cataracts while hats and sunglasses largely prevent it. The study links ultraviolet radiation to cortical but not nuclear cataracts, with posterior subcapsular cases too rare to judge.
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OSTON
Hugh Taylor
United States
Taylor
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Chesapeake Bay
New England Journal of Medicine
Soviet end to radio jamming frees RFE and RL
The Kremlin shut down thousands of jamming devices allowing Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty to be heard clearly across the Soviet Union and much of Eastern Europe for the first time in 38 years. U S officials call the move a step toward world-minded engagement ahead of a Reagan Bush Gorbachev meeting.
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U.S
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George Bush
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