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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1990
Page
2
President Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat visited Beijing on a Saturday to place a wreath at The Monument to the Peoples' Heroes in Tiananmen Square, signaling a ceremonial gesture of friendship between Mongolia and China.
A late model Cadillac crashed into a building after veering through a baseball field in Riverside Illinois injuring several children and adults. Two children were in critical condition and the driver was taken to MacNeal Hospital Berwyn. The man, about 50, remained coherent and there was no sign of alcohol.
Thousands of John Lennon fans packed a hometown tribute in Liverpool with acts including B B King Joe Cocker Roberta Flack the Moody Blues Hall and Oates Wet Wet Wet and Randy Travis. Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon wept with musicians as 15000 attended far short of the 45000 organizers hoped for. Tickets were 41 dollars for the charity show featuring Beatles and Lennon songs.
Sydney AP reports Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski wed Saturday at Hogan’s $2 million Byron Bay mansion. About 100 guests attended amid speculation of celebrity arrivals. ceremony was private with reporters barred. Hogan, 51, rose from painter to actor. Kozlowski, 33, played opposite him in the films. LOS ANGELES AP says John Cusack pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge from a Feb 23 crash. sentencing set for June 8 in Beverly Hills Municipal Court.
The California Supreme Court upheld a $5.3 million damage award to actress Raquel Welch stemming from her firing from MGM’s Cannery Row in 1980. Welch said she hopes to resume her film career after the ruling. MGM did not respond after hours.
Vice President Dan Quayle visited a Dairy Queen in Waco on Wednesday to campaign for a Republican congressional candidate. Helicopters circled above while men in dark suits positioned themselves behind the shake machines as Quayle requested a hot fudge sundae with nuts but the toppings were forgotten. He paused a moment, then asked politely for the missing nuts.
In Managua the Contras agreed to begin disarming this week after President Chamorro pledged to cut the Sandinista armed forces. The Declaration of Managua, signed by rebel commander Israel Galeano, calls for the 12,000 rebel army to be disarmed by June 10 with security and humanitarian aid for rebels and families. Chamorro will order deep cuts in a 300,000 strong national force, though specifics were not disclosed. Galeano welcomed reforms toward a true democracy despite past tensions over army leadership.
An earthquake measuring 4.8 struck Basilicata on Saturday, killing a 68-year-old man and another elderly resident by heart attack and injuring 16 others. The temblor centered near Potenza rattled buildings and was felt across Calabria Puglia and Abruzzo.
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