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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1987
Page
1
Marion officials announce a 50,000 bag giveaway to support a community project that saves money for the city. The program aims to keep lawns tidy as leaves fall in record numbers this season.
The administration drafts a major proposal to use price incentives and a list of preferred providers to limit Medicare physician services for 31 million seniors and disabled. Doctors with conservative practice patterns could receive higher payment shares, while those with excessive testing may cost beneficiaries more.
Susumu Tonegawa, at MIT, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering how the body makes millions of antibodies. His work explains immune diversity and could improve vaccines and organ transplants and aid AIDS research.
University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins researchers identify kinins as inflammatory substances found in nasal secretions that rise with rhinovirus infections. Volunteers given kinins developed coldlike symptoms, suggesting kinins trigger blood vessel dilation and glandular irritation. Further studies will test whether blocking kinins relieves colds.
Iraqi Kurdish group allied with Iran claims kidnapping of three Italian engineers in northern Iraq to protest Italy's support for the Iraqi regime. Rome confirms Italians missing and seeks release, while Iraq claims strikes on Iran’s oil targets and ships. Politics and war widen as Gulf tensions rise.
Barbara Spencer, 43, faces an attempted murder trial in Linn District Court after firing a .38 caliber pistol at her husband Erastus on July 5 at their Cedar Rapids home. Her attorney argues she acted to defend herself against years of abuse, while the prosecutor says she waited for him to return and shot him once, then missed.
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