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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1992
Page
3
A federal appeals court agreed to review two appeals in the case of Robert Alton Harris the first inmate slated to be executed in California since 1967. One ruling blocked his gas chamber execution and the other refused to delay it.
Eighty two ships from twelve nations depart Christopher Columbus birthplace Genoa to mark the 500th anniversary voyage. They will stop at Cadiz Canary Islands Puerto Rico New York Boston and Liverpool before returning. American Airlines cuts fares to pressure rivals and may raise prices if successful, TWA chairman says on television.
After six days engineers plugged the Chicago River tunnel leak that flooded basements and shut downtown business. Officials expected Loop operations to resume as pumping began and costs top twelve million with federal and state shares confirmed. City acknowledged prior knowledge of weakened tunnels.
Senate investigators will review reports of covert assistance to Iraq. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said he had not been informed of any such aid and would seek a formal report on available information and applicable law. The Los Angeles Times had reported Saudi Arabia supplied U.S. weapons to Iraq for nearly a decade to circumvent restrictions.
U N Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali inspected peacekeeping troops in Phnom Penh and met refugees returning to Cambodia. He observed a mine clearing display as he gauges progress of the U N brokered peace accord between the government and three guerrilla factions and notes plans to deploy twenty six thousand personnel in the largest peacekeeping operation.
Pope John Paul II urged an end to ethnic fighting as Easter celebrations spread across the world. Pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem in large numbers amid the Israeli occupation and ongoing Palestinian uprising. In Sarajevo Bosnian Croats prayed for peace as armed guards stood outside the cathedral.
Tens of thousands gathered near the Kremlin waving Russian flags and shouting for reform while denouncing Parliament for curbing President Yeltsin. Demonstrators faced rivals and police as organizers linked the protest to democratic parties and the August White House defense group.
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