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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1986
Page
3
House and Senate conferees reached a sweeping immigration bill agreement after intense talks. The package preserves an amnesty for long term undocumented entrants and imposes employer fines to curb illegal hiring.
In Jerusalem Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir failed to resolve differences over a planned power swap. Peres offered a conditional rotation depending on Likud dropping demands to add ministers, while Likud leaders pressed to designate Shamir as prime minister despite Labor objections.
Manila Philippine court frees Rodolfo Salas chief's wife Josefina Cruz and bodyguard Jose Concepcion after Cabinet minister says President Aquino personally authorized the move to safeguard peace talks with rebels. Solicitor General confirms government consent at a hearing.
Izvestia reports Druzhnaya II Antarctic research station vanished after a large ice chunk broke off the coast reportedly carrying the unoccupied site. In Los Angeles, parents sue Atascadero Unified School District to overturn kindergarten expulsion for their 4 year old son who bit a classmate.
A car bomb hit a police barracks in central Barcelona injuring 18 people and killing at least one policeman. It was the second bombing in the city that day as authorities investigated the attack. Mary Lund, 40, first woman with an artificial heart, died in Minneapolis after a heart transplant and coma.
In Pittsburgh, a fetus found in a hospital laundry room after passing through a washer and dryer is determined to be a stillborn baby accidentally misplaced 21% months ago, not a monkey as experts initially thought. Constance Lowder, 37, of Wexford, had faced delays in burial of her daughter amid the investigation at Mercy Hospital.
Homicide detectives probe two Monday deaths possibly linked to a single serial killer already tied to nine prior slayings. One victim is the brother of All Pro James Lofton. A separate killer known as the Southside Slayer continues targeting prostitutes in south central Los Angeles.
The House passed a bill to create a National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to stabilize vaccine costs and supply. It would pay up to 250000 to victims on a no fault basis, with no excise tax included. Senate action remains uncertain.
Frank Sanders a 25 year old University of Colorado Boulder senior displays a blueprint and scale model of a nuclear bomb in his dorm as part of a Physics of the Nuclear Arms Race class presentation shocking classmates and professor.
Amnesty International reports 128 nations saw rights abuses in 1985 including alleged Soviet massacres in Afghanistan, executions in 44 countries, disappearances in Colombia, and mass killings in Iraq Iran and Bulgaria. The group notes rising activist networks and calls for abolition of the death penalty.
FBI data show an 8 percent increase in serious crimes in the first half of 1986, the largest rise in six years. Violent crime climbs 12 percent led by aggravated assaults, while property crime up 7 percent. regional rises occur nationwide, with South and West up sharply.
The Supreme Court refused to hear Rath Packing Co.’s bid to overturn a $1 million back pay award to women harmed by sex discrimination at its Columbus Junction plant. Rath argued whether discriminatory impact suffices or intent is needed, with the case tied to a 1983 EEO ruling and bankruptcy proceedings.
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