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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1997

Page

8

Tobacco rules spark ID checks across retailers

Retailers including We Card compliant clerks and Osco Drug owners say they will card anyone looking under 30 as new FDA tobacco rules take effect. Enforcement relies on volunteers and future FDA inspections. Virginia officials initially resisted, later ordered compliance.

Ieee American Drug Stores Osco Drug Chain Iowa The Gazette FDA Washington Virginia George Allen James Gilmore Associated Press

Former nurses aide found guilty of rape in nursing home

Rochester AP reports John Horace, 53, was convicted of rape and sexual assault for raping a coma patient at a nursing home in 1995. The victim, a 29 year old woman severely injured in 1985, gave birth to a healthy boy two months early last March. Sentencing could reach 25 years.

Rochester N.Y John Horace Horace

Ireland Allows Divorce After Century Ban

Ireland ended a 75 year ban on divorce with new law allowing marital split after four years separation. Public reaction mixed as paperwork dominates early filings with lengthy procedures and expensive documents. Lawyers and activists expect gradual uptake rather than a flood of cases. Local groups note the change follows decades of Catholic state policy and prior foreign divorces recognized abroad.

Freda Keeshan Parents Alone Resource Center Dublin Mags O’brien O’brien Alan Shatter Ireland Britain Shatter

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