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15 Feb 1987
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1987
Page
1
Don't Make Kids Afraid of Us Police Warn
A Linn County deputy confronts a mother in the jail lobby after she frightens her 3 year old by saying police will shoot him. A plainclothes deputy reassures the boy while admonishing the mother to discipline differently. The incident prompts discussion on child safety and police conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Stevens
Azette
Linn County
Project Democracy: Reagan Admins covert foreign policy program
The White House ran a hidden side to Project Democracy for covert tasks unfit for other agencies. Led by Lt. Col. Oliver North, the secret arm expanded after 1983 to umbrella operations that aligned with Reagan’s goal of nurturing democracy abroad, contrasting with the public arm’s aid programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Project Democracy
New York Times
Washington
Iran
White House
National Endowment For Democracy
Oliver North
National Security Council
Ollie
British doctor seeks aid for besieged Bourj el-Barajneh camp
Dr Pauline Cutting, a 35 year old British doctor in Bourj el Barajneh, appeals to international organizations and the United Nations for food aid as 11 weeks of siege drive starvation. She reports cannibalism among the hungry and a 11 year old boy killed by starvation while a woman with seven children searches for grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Pauline Cutting
Cutting
Bourj el-Barajneh
United Nations
When turning over a new leaf humor column line
A lighthearted quip notes that starting fresh often means discarding old pages and habits as a playful reminder to let go of the past.
Survey finds many Americans ill informed about Constitution
A national Hearst poll of 1,004 Americans marks the Constitution’s bicentennial with findings that a bare majority know its purpose, 59 percent misstate the Bill of Rights, and 64 percent wrongly assert English as the national language. Most favor amendments and a constitutional convention, while educated respondents show less support for change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Orleans
Hearst Corp
Supreme Court
Gunmen Ambush Italian Mail Truck Ambush
Up to 10 gunmen ambushed a cash carrying mail truck in western Rome injuring two police escorts fatally and fleeing with sacks of cash worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Red Brigades and Union of Competing Communists claimed responsibility in a telephone call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Red Brigades
Union of Fighting Communists
Riccardo Infelisi
Infelisi
AGI
Italy
Bologna
la Republica
Union
Bettino Craxi
Kalona photo shoot highlights Millers and Yoders names
People magazine photographer Steve Kagen visited Kalona to capture a group portrait of Millers and Yoders at the post office. About 100 to 200 residents joined postmaster Terry Hagedorn for the large, record-setting session amid repeated name confusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People Magazine
Steve Kagan
Kalona
Terry Hagedorn
Steve Kagen
Hagedorn
L. David Yoder
David L. Yoder
Dave Yoder
Yoders
Yoder
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