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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1985
Page
2
Rep. Thomas Downey accuses Rep. Robert Dornan of grabbing his collar and tie and threatening bodily harm on the House floor. Dornan admits grabbing the tie to straighten it and denies threats, saying he called Downey a wimp amid Nicaragua debate.
In Miami a 64 year old retiree, Bob East, was given glutaraldehyde instead of spinal fluid during surgery to remove an eye cancer. He became comatose and brain dead after the error, which occurred when an ophthalmologist left the toxic chemical in an unmarked bottle and later mislabeled it.
The Defense Department halts $40 million monthly admin payments to General Dynamics for 30 days to investigate improper charges including advertising entertainment and a company dog kennel. Defense Secretary Weinberger cites audits showing overhead costs not benefiting the government and announces contractor certification under penalty of perjury to prevent such charges.
Norman Saunders the Turks and Caicos Islands chief minister and three officials were arrested in Miami on charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine and marijuana via the islands. Saunders faced a 2 million dollar bail while co‑defendants Missick Smith and Fournier received bails of 1 million, 1 million and no bail respectively.
Margarita Delos Santos, 22, is charged with slipping a knock-out drug during kisses to rob three Greensboro men last week. Police link her to a string of similar July 1983 thefts by a woman posing as a high priced prostitute in casino hotels. She is held on $250000 bail in Atlantic County Jail.
Seoul moves to remove 14 figures from a government blacklist, lifting the antidemocratic ban from 1980. Kim Dae-jung will be released from house arrest but cannot engage in politics due to a suspended 20 year sentence, as Information Minister Lee Won-hong stated.
The Reuters report notes Nicaraguan Democratic Force leaders say they could seize and hold territory to win more U.S. military aid. Enrique Bermudez says rebels would pursue ground control if funds are provided and rejects immediate shift away from hit and run tactics without funding.
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