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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1986
Page
1
Jan Busch recalls her five year old Jamie clinging to life at the bottom of a neighbor's well after a jog near Garwin. The dog Sniffer alerted the family as Jamie cried Mommy please get me out, prompting a desperate search before rescue.
The House passed a sweeping anti drug bill by 392 to 16, expanding military use and reinstating the federal death penalty for certain drug dealers. It would relax the exclusionary rule to admit some illegally obtained evidence and fund enforcement, education, and crop eradication. The measure faces Senate resistance.
The United States and Soviet Union clash over releasing Nicholas Daniloff and Soviet envoy Gennady Zakharov. Washington seeks Daniloff return without trial while Zakharov faces trial. Moscow pushes for an immediate exchange or simultaneous trials. The deadline is tight as talks continue and a U S delegation delays travel.
The Associated Press reports a historic trading day with the Dow down 86.61 to 1792.89, a record one day loss amid rising interest rates. Bond prices slid as volume surged. ten stocks fell for every gainer on the New York Stock Exchange.
Annie Washington known as the Lone Ranger, 36, surrendered after allegedly shooting parolee Kyle Doolin in a Cedar Rapids tavern. Washington claims self defense but police say the act was unjustified. Doolin, 26, had just posted bond and was released from jail. Washington faces assault with intent to inflict serious injury. Linn County Attorney weighing higher charges.
In Long Beach, Laura Belizaire, 30, stabbed her three children to death, then attacked her sister with a hammer and leaped from an eighth floor senior home. The children died at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Belizaire later died at the scene after the jump.
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