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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1985
Page
4
In Gdansk Lech Walesa stood eye to eye with club wielding police as they blocked access to a monument for workers killed in protests. He placed flowers after a standoff and urged peaceful conduct while authorities dispersed observers and barred Western reporters.
A Glamour magazine survey shows 70 percent of women more worried about sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and herpes than a year ago, the highest concern among issues this year, while 69 percent worry about war and peace. The fourth annual Women’s Views Study is by Mark Cent Research Inc and announced at a news conference.
President Reagan escorted grieving families of 248 soldiers killed in the Newfoundland crash to a somber ceremony in an aircraft hangar. He spoke of heroes and loved ones as relatives clung to one another and Reagan, Nancy, and the Screaming Eagle banner from the 101st Airborne were present. Investigators weigh engine reversal as a possible crash cause while Dover autopsies and remains repatriation proceed.
The Reagan administration urged Hafez Assad to withdraw Syrian anti-aircraft missiles from the western border to curb Israel Syria tensions. U.S. diplomats relayed messages between Jerusalem and Damascus and mediated discreetly to prevent further clashes after Israel denounced the move near Lebanon.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission levied a 900000 fine on Toledo Edison Co for 10 NRC violations tied to the June 9 Davis Besse nuclear plant cooling water loss in northwest Ohio near Toledo. James Taylor announced the penalties and described the incident details.
Vladimir Leontev a Soviet emigrant living in France since 1978 woke Monday and was charged with theft and concealment in Boulogne sur Mer. He refused to say the source of 278 500 francs found when British police questioned him earlier.
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