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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1990
Page
2
In Nicaragua the Sandinista leadership vows to hand over power on April 25 while local militias distribute assault rifles to residents in Jinotega and Matagalpa. A tortilla vendor shows an AK-47 as she proclaims barrios defend their land and leftist rulers call them social base.
The House ethics panel will end its investigation of Republican Whip Newt Gingrich and admonish him for failing to disclose the purchase of a home with his daughter. Rep. Bill Alexander said the committee resolved not to pursue further action while criticizing Gingrich’s disclosure lapse. In a separate Iran-Contra matter, a seven-wemale, five-man jury was sworn for John Poindexter’s trial as North’s testimony visibility looms.
U S non farm productivity rose just 0.9 percent in 1989, the worst showing since 1982, while hourly labor costs climbed 5.4 percent, the Labor Department reported. The Bush administration said it remains flexible on scheduling a summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and could move up the planned meeting from late June.
A Boston study of 3917 pregnancies finds women delaying motherhood into their 30s have only a slight rise in risk for unusually small babies and are not more likely than younger first time mothers to deliver prematurely or have stillbirths.
The Revolutionary Justice Organization said it will not release two American captives in Lebanon and urged attacks on U.S. targets. The group accused Washington of planning a military operation to free 18 Western hostages, and released the statement as Iran’s president signaled a push to resolve Westerner captives. A photo and details identified hostage Joseph Cicippio of Valley Forge, Pa., kidnapped September 12, 1986, were circulated with the Arabic note.
In Bophuthatswana and other homelands, police used rifles and tear gas against about 50,000 protesters demanding reintegration into South Africa. Seven people died and hundreds were injured, as President de Klerk warned against anarchy hindering talks on a new multiracial constitution.
In Portland King deflects questions about nightmares with a punchy line about a jar holding a small boy's heart. The author spoke during the city library centennial celebrations before about 2,300 attendees.
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