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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1986
Page
3
President George Bush says he cannot attend a Saturday Brooklyn Iowa celebration of the Linotype centennial. A satirical invitation signed by Tony N. Cheek mocks the event and asks Bush to respond to Dunham directly.
The U S House of Representatives voted 221 to 209 to approve 70 million in military hardware and 30 million in non lethal aid for the contras in Nicaragua, attaching the measure to a larger military construction bill. Reagan called it round one victory as Hamilton failed to strip all aid and Cooper Evans broke with Iowa peers to support the plan.
The Supreme Court, led by Justice Byron White, overturned a U.S. appeals ruling and dismissed libel suits by the Liberty Lobby and founder Willis Carto against columnist Jack Anderson and The Investigator. The 1980s articles allegedly described the group as pro Nazi and claimed Carto sought to model himself on Adolf Hitler.
Avraham Shalom, head of Shin Bet, resigns amid controversy over granting immunity to himself and three agents for the 1984 bus hijacking deaths of two Palestinians. Cabinet aides say a committee will review agency guidelines as Herzog defends the move to end a witch hunt.
A humorous line notes a tough neighborhood has a body riding shotgun on the Welcome Wagon. The quip reflects local color and casual irony about street life and community outreach.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad meets Soviet officials in Moscow to promote buying Iowa farm products and U.S. farming know-how. He argues for exporting soybeans and shares Iowa expertise in feed milling and ration formulation while offering to host a U.S.-Soviet trade conference. The talks note Gosagroprom reforms aim to unify agricultural agencies under Gorbachov era changes.
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