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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1986
Page
1
Iowa weather summary notes mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures range from highs in the low 70s to lows in the mid 50s as a regional forecast appears on page 11A.
Washington Post reports the presidential commission chair accused NASA of almost concealing data that would have grounded the space shuttle. The panel criticized NASA and Thiokol for ignoring warnings about booster joints before the disaster.
Police have arrested 10 members of an anti Zionist group tied to Libyan diplomats who planned to attack U S businesses and citizens in Spain. The detainees include three Lebanese four Spaniards a Jordanian a Syrian and a Portuguese. Two suspects said Libyan diplomats funded the attacks and gave orders. Authorities found explosives in Madrid with others linked to a April 10 Lisbon Air France office bombing.
Six numbers 6 16 24 26 27 29 were drawn in Iowa's first weekly Lotto. Officials will confirm if any ticket matches the odds of 1 in 593,775 after sales surged to 663,653 dollars in the final minutes. Per capita spending reached 22.8 cents, a top early start alongside Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Michigan.
In Eastern Iowa the 2nd District Democratic convention saw over half the delegates leave Veterans Memorial Auditorium as Juan Cortez of Cedar Rapids was introduced. Cortez seeks the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate against John Roehrick and backs LaRouche's National Democratic Policy Committee, while a recent Iowa Democratic Central Committee resolution urged parties not to permit LaRouche candidates.
Governor Edwin Edwards and four co defendants were found not guilty on all racketeering and fraud charges over state approvals for new hospitals and nursing homes. Jurors deliberated 12 hours over two days, amid claims of a weak case and political motive from U.S. Attorney Volz.
A light humor item notes that insanity is hereditary and can be passed from parents to children, ending with a punchy copyright remark.
Haitian voodoo priests and practitioners have been killed in a post Duvalier bloodletting. Estimates range from 50 confirmed murders to reports of 300 to 600 killings, raising fears of broader religious conflict.
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