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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1987
Page
3
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher proposes the Great Education Reform Bill with a national curriculum and opt out from local financing. The plan to fund schools directly via the national government aims to shift power to parents and buyers, drawing comparisons to voucher systems in the United States.
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, famed for the 1973 abortion ruling, is receiving treatment for prostate cancer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. A Mayo spokesman described the cancer as small and localized with an excellent prognosis and said the treatment is short term and not incapacitating.
The Archbishop of Canterbury said he has heard nothing from Waite's abductors but remains confident he is alive. He cites a wide Christian network in Lebanon as the basis for his optimism amid the six month disappearance.
Delta Flight 1943 on final approach to Sacramento Metropolitan Airport banked 35 degrees at 10 500 feet to avoid a Cessna that came within a quarter mile. No injuries reported and the jet landed safely. FAA and Delta investigated the near collision as the Cessna’s owner remained unidentified.
The ruling Democratic Justice Party completes a draft banning Kim Dae-jung from presidency and adds a five year residency clause. The opposition Reunification Democratic Party proposes removing that residency rule, signaling hard negotiations ahead amid a polarizing constitutional debate.
The U S Postal Service and its two largest unions failed to seal a new contract by midnight and kept informal talks into Tuesday. No strike threat remained, as negotiators hoped to avert a costly arbitration and holiday disruptions. The piece notes ongoing labor talks with potential Christmas season implications.
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