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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1986
Page
1
Iowa's weather forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a pleasantly cool afternoon. Tonight will be clear, with a few clouds expected on Monday. Highs range from 60 to 68 degrees and lows from 37 to 48. See page 13A.
Colorado defeated Arizona State 31 to 29 while Iowa State led 3 0 against USC in a narrow college football contest with late scoring.
US and Soviet officials report openings for limited Star Wars testing outside the lab after Iceland talks. Moscow reportedly signaled willingness to relax bans and require clarification at Geneva arms talks, while stressing interpretive disputes over the 1972 ABM Treaty and space based tests.
The 99th Congress adjourned for the year as Senate at 8:14 p.m. CDT and House at 8:33 p.m. with leaders calling the session productive. Key themes included tax reform and deficits amid fiscal restraint, as Dole and Byrd summarized the year to Reagan.
Alpha Tau Omega volunteers assist in reconstructing targets on the Turkey Creek throwing disk course at Coralville Lake. Students Scott Frisbie Andy Conrad Jeff Burnett Jr and Kevin Bender begin work while Larry Robbins park ranger supervises. Six volunteers showed up from 25 to 30 who signed up.
Ramon Conte Hernandez, 56, the final Bay of Pigs detainee among 1,200 exiles held in Cuba, arrived in Miami with his 82 year old mother and wife greeting him. He vowed to remain a "soldier of freedom" while signaling continued anti communism even after decades in captivity.
Indy Maher, a petite Iowa City mother of two, became the first woman to represent CWA in national bargaining with AT&T. The 34 year old led a nine member panel negotiating for 64 000 ATTIS employees in New Jersey after the court ordered breakup. She called the talks exciting emotional and stressful as she aimed to unify language from 29 regional Bell pads into one contract.
On Sept 29 at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation a transfer of concentrated plutonium between tanks risked a critical chain reaction when a pipe to the third tank remained connected. The error could have exposed workers to extreme heat and radiation. the pipe was finally disconnected after over three hours.
A humorous take on politics suggesting that compromise leaves everyone dissatisfied as parties nudge toward middle ground. The quip frames bargaining as a craft where concessions fail to satisfy all sides, echoing common voter skepticism about bipartisan deals.
Twice monthly a 10 member panel called Human Review Committee A reviews medical studies at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Committee chair Dr. Peter Isacson says the group ensures rights and welfare of human volunteers, a requirement backed by federal regulation and historical cautionary lessons from Nazi-era abuses.
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