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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1987
Page
1
The article notes Alice and Nightmare are back with Cooper sober, featuring a new show act that includes snake makeup and stage gimmicks as part of the act.
Financing plans for Tele-Food Systems in Cedar Rapids are stalled after the Iowa Department of Economic Development denied a loan guarantee. The item appears in Iowa news on page 2A with follow ups on related regional finance actions.
A light humor item suggests that if you are still searching for yourself a haircut may help. The joke implies a fresh look can spark self recognition and confidence.
President Reagan urged Congress to add government funded catastrophe coverage to Medicare for 30 million seniors. The plan would pay hospital and physician costs after a $2,000 personal expense, adding $4.92 monthly to the Part B premium, but exclude long term care drugs eye and dental care.
Israel rejects reports of a secret prisoner swap with foreign hostages in Lebanon calling them baseless in an affidavit to the Supreme Court. The denial notes potential talks over prisoner exchange for seven Israeli soldiers listed as captured or missing since 1982 amid fighting in Lebanon.
The article reports that Iowa ranks near the bottom in national stress, with South Dakota as the only state lower. Sociology professors Arnold Linsky and Murray Straus cite 15 stress indicators from government sources, noting low unemployment claims, divorces, infant deaths, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and high school dropouts, among others.
Police and plainclothes agents used snowplows to push demonstrators from Arbat Square, detaining 14 people including Josef Begun’s wife and son. Six were fined for petty hooliganism and all detainees were released after a few hours. Western reporters faced rough treatment amid daily protests calling for Begun’s release and emigration rights.
Vice President George Bush said he had expressed reservations about aspects of Reagan's Iran arms sales initiative and criticized White House decision making. He declined to repeat claims that arms were traded for hostages while awaiting investigations. Shultz urged focus on Nicaragua threat despite Iran-contra fallout.
Cedar Rapids psychologist Jack Breithaupt dismisses Friday the 13th as hokum with no basis in science. He notes unlucky events are not tied to the calendar and jokes about coffee spills prove the day’s influence is mythical.
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