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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1986
Page
1
Seat belt law to go into effect in Iowa
Iowa prepares for July implementation of a new seat belt law. Proponents target a jump from 18 percent to 70 percent usage with public relations campaigns and statewide signs. A contest will pit eastern versus western Iowa residents for compliance by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
ES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Traffic Safety
Iowa Raises Wine and Beer Taxes and Ends State Wholesale
Tax increases raise wine from 1.50 to 1.75 per gallon and beer by about 5 cents per gallon. The state ends wholesale wine, shifting 60 percent of wholesale to private firms after Monday close. Retail liquor stores remain open until March 1, with new rules taking effect Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmierowans
Terry Branstad
U S reviews S Africa policy as talks shift toward blacks
The Reagan administration begins a high level reassessment of US policy in South Africa aiming to forge closer ties with black leaders and open new channels to non radical blacks and white factions. Police clash with ANC guerrillas near the Botswana border, killing four as violence continues with 81 dead since emergency rule began June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Wire
Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
U.S
South Africa
African National Congress
ANC
United States
Botswana
Queenstown
Cape Province
Pieter W. Botha
Washington
Peru jail deaths prompt probe into military roles
Peru faces a wide probe into the deaths of more than 100 inmates after a prison uprising. Authorities say paramilitary police killed inmates who had surrendered and that the Joint Military Command may have had involvement in retaking the prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Lima
Victor Tirado
Alan Garcia
Republican Guard
Lurigancho
Shining Path
Luis Gonzales Posada
Gonzales
Garcia
AIDS Shifts Spread to Heterosexuals in Haiti
A continuing study presented at an international AIDS meeting shows heterosexuals now account for about 72 percent of HIV/AIDS or AIDS related complex cases in Haiti, up from 11 percent in 1983, indicating rapid spread in a promiscuous heterosexual population. The findings from Dr. Warren Johnson of Cornell Medical College note a major shift from previously high risk groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Haiti
Caribbean
United States
Warren Johnson
Cornell Medical College
Peter Piot
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Antwerp
Belgium
Johnson
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Today’s Chuckle Boss mails you the ads for luck
A lighthearted quip notes a rough week as the boss sends out want ads by mail, poking fun at job-seeking irony. The joke hinges on workplace misfortune and the absurdity of turning to classified ads for hope.
Sunshine State leads nation in lightning deaths
Florida shows the highest toll from lightning with 259 killed from 1959 to 1985 and about 699 injured by direct strikes. The North Carolina figure averages about five deaths annually with 138 fatalities in 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox News
Orlando
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Florida
North Carolina
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