29 Sep 1985
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1985
Page
1
Standings style summary lists team scores only with no context or dates. Iowa defeats Iowa State University 57 to 38 while Tennessee edges none. Auburn 20 Oklahoma 13 Minnesota 7 appears as a brief score line collection from an early 20th century game roster.
Iowa and six Midwest states seek a volunteer burial site for low level radioactive waste as governors resist hosting. Barnwell South Carolina mayor promotes disposal nearby while Columbia South Carolina opposes a state nuclear dump. Congress requires permanent disposal and the Midwest commission probes willing hosts.
In Brixton London hundreds of youths attacked a police station looted stores and set fires after police shot a black woman. Ten officers and 26 civilians were injured with 45 arrests. Fires raged late into the night as a furniture warehouse burned and shops gutted.
President Reagan welcomed new Soviet proposals calling for 50 percent reductions in strategic arsenals and a halt to space-based defense work. He urged tough but fair talks in Geneva and said progress can be made despite differences. Foreign Minister Shevardnadze delivered a letter from Gorbachev outlining the offer.
President Reagan and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze discussed a Geneva counterproposal designed to address reductions and stability. Reagan said the plan signals serious bargaining and four key areas will shape the summit agenda.
Urban crime joke mocks city prominence by saying officials hand out lock picks instead of keys. The quip notes the exaggerated irony of crime improving municipal prestige. Copyright notice appears at end.
Syrian backed militiamen battled into Tripoli’s gutted center trapping rival Muslim fighters in the port area. In Beirut at least 30 people were killed as Christian Muslim fighting disrupted flights to the airport and police reported about 75 wounded along the Green Line. Authorities diverted flights to Cyprus. 237 killed and 628 wounded since fighting began.
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