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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1987
Page
3
In Seoul anti-government demonstrators and police clashed near the April 19 Cemetery. Protesters threw rocks as riot police used tear gas. one report cited a gasoline bottle bomb. Police arrested several, beating some protesters as buses filled with detainees carried away.
A newborn boy found in a trash bin Friday morning after nine stab wounds shows improvement at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. Doctors upgraded his condition to satisfactory and he was removed from a breathing device as police seek the mother and identify the child, nicknamed Oscar, with offers of help and Easter gifts pouring in.
In Nashville a burial ground dating 1200 to 1400 A.D. near Stones River will be excavated and relocated. State archaeologists will oversee the dig and remains will be reburied at a protected state site. C Hooper Enterprises learns the site has historic value after acquiring it in 1986.
Masked firefighters work outside the Ashland Chemical Co in Philadelphia as noxious fumes leak from a tank. Evacuation of the plant and surrounding area followed the leak on Sunday.
At a 3,000 seat Tokyo outdoor venue a surge to reach the stage left two dead and 27 injured, one seriously, as fans crowded forward to photograph a Japanese rock band. The incident halted the show and prompted crowd-control concerns.
A spring storm dumped up to nine inches of snow in western Montana and brought hurricane force winds that whipped Great Salt Lake waves across I 80. Snow fell 7 inches in northern Utah and 1 to 2 inches in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. High winds, heavy wet snow, and travel advisories spanned Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming as conditions worsened then eased.
About 8,000 Safeway workers in northern Texas lose jobs as the chain sells or closes 131 Dallas division stores and related processing and distribution operations in Garland. Kroger buys the Mansfield store. most workers must reapply for new jobs with buyers. Benefits discussions with Texas Employment Commission to follow.
A station wagon struck an Amtrak Coast Starlight train at an Oakland crossing on Saturday night. The car occupants, a man and a woman, died as the vehicle was dragged over 500 feet. The train had 318 passengers and no injuries were reported. one engine was damaged and to be swapped at the Oakland station.
A 54 year old computer programmer killed five family members in separate locations over two days before taking his own life. He shot his wife age 58 and his pregnant daughter with her 3 year old son on Saturday, then killed his 82 year old mother and mother in law age 89 whose body was found in a car trunk. He left two letters citing family troubles and financial affairs.
A 16 year old girl from Kingsland remained in serious condition after a shark bit off her arm while swimming with her father near Mustang Island. She underwent surgery at Memorial Medical Center in Corpus Christi and was in ICU as officials kept beaches open for Easter weekend visitors.
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