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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1987
Page
3
Iowa Democrats on Saturday approved a plan to count caucus attendees who back presidential candidates, requiring at least 15 percent support to be counted. The plan also tracks delegates won, a compromise amid party factions and news organization calls for early preference tallies.
Republican presidential hopeful Pat Robertson urged 3 million signatures by August and targeted about 25 supporters per precinct in Iowa’s nearly 2,500 caucuses. He spoke to about 250 in Cedar Rapids, calling for strong national defense, economic revival, and care for the elderly and unborn.
Libya says a Libyan MiG approached the USS South Carolina in the central Mediterranean after the ship jammed Libyan radio communications. JANA cites routine reconnaissance and warns Libyan jets will be forced to fight if jamming continues. Pentagon notes the jets did not show hostile intent.
Black Hawk County deputy John Peschang faced a mistaken Waterloo Courier listing of third offense drunken driving. The entry, tied to his training, stated an arrest on a Waterloo street, but was later corrected as a training mix-up.
USDA inspectors found traces of pork and poultry in FDL Dubuque Foods Inc. beef hot dogs labeled as beef. The voluntary recall affects Plumpers and Royal Buffet brands distributed last week. company and FDA attribute the contamination to grinder residue and assure no safety risk.
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission fined Darrel and Patti Cox of Boone 33500 for helping persuade a landlord to evict neighbors Terry and Diane Morris, an interracial couple who had just moved to Boone from Sioux City in 1985. The Coxes did not attend the hearing and have 30 days to appeal. The Morrises settled their complaint against landlord Allen Hoffman of Scottsdale, Arizona.
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