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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1985
Page
6
A veteran LAPD officer accidentally discharged a single shot into a Dana Junior High School classroom while demonstrating aiming at a blank wall during a drug abuse talk to seventh graders. No injuries occurred, and the officer, Harrold D. Webster, left the room to report the incident.
Iran said it fired two surface to surface missiles at Baghdad amid a string of 17 days of explosions. Witnesses reported a powerful blast with unclear damage as Iraq and Iran trade accusations and diplomats discuss weapon stockpiles and Soviet ties.
Sudan faces a looming hunger crisis as famine looms with millions at risk. Eric Witt seeks a 1.4 billion pound surplus wheat and sorghum shipment from the United States to cover the next six months. UN and aid officials warn of 700,000 to one million malnourished children unlikely to recover without vitamins milk and water wells. Demonstrations erupt in Khartoum as unrest tests Nimeiry regime while relief efforts try to head off a larger disaster.
Peking signals a shift from earlier anti Soviet rhetoric as China and the Soviet Union move to improve relations. Agreements on economic and scientific cooperation followed a border era of hostility, with high level exchanges and public gestures signaling a broader rapprochement.
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