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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1987
Page
3
ATLANTA AP The first Adult Use of Tobacco Survey by the CDC finds 26.5 percent of adults smoked in 1986, down from 30.4 percent in 1985. The report notes 47 million Americans still smoke while 24.6 percent are former smokers.
Poindexter recounts that Reagan and his aides offered sympathy after his resignation. He also says he was not troubled by a proposed arms swap with Iran for hostages, noting he kept the president uninformed about diverting arms sale funds to Nicaragua rebels to avoid a public uproar.
Former Chilean army major Armando Fernandez Larios had his sentence reduced by Judge Barrington Parker, who vacated 27 months to seven years and then applied the 22 months he had already served. Letelier's widow and a relative condemned the ruling as too lenient. The decision followed a motion by Fernandez’s attorney. The judge applied the time Fernandez already served in U S prisons and Chilean military hospitals. U S Transportation Department began random drug testing for about 50 safety related civilian employees amid ongoing court challenges.
Researchers at Scripps Clinic and the CDC report a refined ELISA based AIDS diagnostic that reduces false results and can be tailored to identify new HIV strains. The test aims to replace the Western Blot and standard ELISA by offering higher accuracy, easier use, and faster adaptation to emerging variants.
The Census Bureau reports Hispanics reached 18.8 million in March 1987, a 4.3 million rise since 1980, with 23 percent of the increase from illegal immigrants. Mexico-origin Hispanics remain largest group at 11.8 million, Puerto Rican Hispanics at 2.3 million, Cubans 1 million, and growth projected to reach 12 percent of the U.S. population by 2020.
West Germany East German leader Erich Honecker visited his birthplace Wiebelskirchen with stops in Trier, leaving roses at Karl Marx's birthplace. In Manila Corazon Aquino urged patience while seeking support after cabinet resignations. In Oslo Iranian dissidents occupied the Iranian Embassy for three hours demanding political reforms.
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