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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1989
Page
5
UPI reports a violent Labor Day weekend in Los Angeles left fifteen dead and at least eighteen injured. A downtown gun battle killed two men, one at the scene and one at a nearby hospital. A separate South Central drive by wounded a man and left another seriously hurt. Detectives tie the shootings to possible gang activity.
New York reports rising U S reliance on imported blood. West Germany and Switzerland supply most imports with Netherlands set to begin. Red Cross official projects 30 000 units from Bavaria this year for Detroit Washington D C and Wilkes Barre Scranton areas. Demand grows while donations remain steady at six percent of the population.
An 89 year old retired Spokane detective named Clyde Ralstin becomes a focal point in the reopened 1935 Pend Oreille County Newport marshal George Conniff murder inquiry. Conniff was killed during a burglary at a Newport creamery. A gun linked to the case was found in the Spokane River. Conniff's survivors urge Ralstin to confess, while Ralstin and his attorney deny involvement.
About 7,600 public school teachers in California Washington Idaho Montana Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and Michigan walked out affecting 198,265 students. Disputes centered on wages benefits class size and autonomy with additional walkouts possible in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania districts.
Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute researchers link smoking cessation to lower cataract risk. People quitting for at least 10 years show about half the risk of severe nuclear cataracts versus ongoing smokers, regardless of smoking intensity or start age.
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