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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1988
Page
4
A National Cancer Institute study links poor American diets to about 35 percent of cancer deaths. Researchers urge more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and high fiber cereals, echoing the age old meal table lessons.
The American Lung Association says about 65,000 Americans yearly develop lung diseases from on the job causes, making it the leading preventable job related illness. Long term exposure to cancer causing substances contributes roughly 16,000 lung cancer deaths annually, about 12 percent of total. Substances named include arsenic, asbestos, insulation, chromium, nickel, and petroleum products with effects in refining, milling, shipyards, and mining.
About 1,000 protesters were arrested at the Nevada Test Site as part of a 10 day action named Reclaim the Test Site. Notables including Daniel Ellsberg Cesar Chavez Terri Garr and Casey Kasem were detained along with common protesters. Authorities used a fenced holding pen and helicopters to corral trespassers near Las Vegas Nevada.
U S Drug Enforcement Administration advisers join Bolivian forces in jungle hunts for cocaine processing labs with help from aircraft. The program expands 1986 Blast Furnace efforts without U S troops, using DEA intelligence experts and Green Beret jungle training for agents.
Loma Linda Medical Center said it will keep Baby D alive for up to a week to allow organ donation. The infant, born with anencephaly at a Southern California hospital, has most of the brain missing and is not expected to survive.
A West Texas brush fire that burned about 265000 acres was brought under control by Saturday afternoon after tanker planes dropped fire retardant. The blaze threatened Albany Moran and Baird, damaged livestock and oil equipment, and prompted mop up by Texas Forest Service crews with bulldozers. Winds and low humidity kept rekindling risk, with officials watching for flare ups as interior fires burned out.
President Reagan said from Camp David he will veto the conference draft unless protectionist and defeatist provisions are removed. He noted several troublesome items have been dropped but many remain, urging wholesale elimination to allow a bill he can sign. Negotiations involve 17 committees over a 1000 page package.
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