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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1990
Page
3
President Bush said Japan is removed from a list of nations with the strongest offensive trade barriers against U.S. products. Only India remains cited under a tough section of trade law for not removing barriers, prompting possible retaliatory action if not resolved.
New York Health Department barred deposits at five sperm banks including two sued by women who claim wrong sperm impregnations. State noted none had license as required by October regulation.
The Connecticut Senate approved a measure guaranteeing a woman's right to choose abortion and repealing unenforced anti abortion statutes. The bill requires counseling for girls 15 and younger and encourages parental notification before abortion. It moves to Gov. O'Neill who says he will sign it.
In New York a Friday session of Imelda Marcos fraud trial was canceled so a hypertension specialist could treat the former first lady after she fell ill following testimony on her husband’s ouster. Doctors advised her absence.
President Bush called the beleaguered 1990 census a mammoth undertaking and urged Americans to return forms. Thirty seven percent of the 95 million questionnaires sent in March had not been returned, highlighting ongoing delays.
Pro-life leaders seek a massive turnout at a Washington Monument rally to push the movement onto the offensive after months of political setbacks. Dr J C Willke of the National Right to Life Committee says the event should impress Congress and the nation.
About 10,000 riot police flooded five gates into Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan clashing with striking workers armed with pipes gas tanks and improvised cannons. A company guard reported fierce fighting as tear gas and force secured the world's largest shipyard.
Thousands gathered outside Mongolia's government palace in Ulan Bator for an illegal protest but dispersed peacefully after security forces surrounded the site. It marked the first direct clash in five months of pro democracy demonstrations with both sides avoiding violence. Security forces reportedly lacked weapons or riot gear.
West Germany pledged to reduce military outlays to fund German unification while urging East Germany to curb costs in merger talks. Chancellor Kohl's chief of staff Rudolf Sellers warned against unreasonable East German demands in negotiating the economic union.
A crude bomb in a package addressed to Rev. Pat Robertson exploded in the Christian Broadcasting Network mailroom in Virginia Beach injuring security guard Scott Sheepers, 33, who was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in stable condition. Police and federal agents investigated. Robertson linked the attack to a pattern against evangelical Christians.
In Moscow a 52 year old Lithuanian Stanislovas Jamaitis burned himself to protest Lithuania's independence move. Russians in Vilnius blocked trucks in a protest against the Lithuanian Supreme Council’s declaration of independence, signaling a tense response to the Baltic secession.
Gov. Mickelson said SD will file suit to force the Army Corps of Engineers to cut water releases from drought hit upper Missouri reservoirs. Despite three years of drought the corps sustains barge traffic from Sioux City to St. Louis. Other Missouri River states and tribal leaders may join, with North Dakota's Sinner likely to participate. Former Gov. Janklow hired as lawyer for the case.
The Commerce Department reports the economy grew 2.1 percent in Q1 but inflation at 6.5 percent, the steepest since 1981, raises fears of higher interest rates. Analysts warn growth may slow later this year as the Fed keeps rates high to curb price pressures.
In Jerusalem a combined Christian protest closes the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the first time since the Crusades as about 150 clerics from nine sects oversee the shut doors. The ceremony includes prayers in Arabic Armenian and Greek while Muslim key holder Wajih Nusseibeh notes the historic closure. Holy sites nationwide also close and bells toll in a somber observance.
Rockets struck Kabul killing five people in the Afghan capital on Friday. Radio Kabul reported the attack marked the 12th anniversary of the coup that began Communist rule and noted it was the second fatal rocket strike in as many days in Kabul.
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