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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1988
Page
3
Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci notes an enormous Soviet passive defense program with hundreds of meters deep bunkers and underground subways beneath multiple cities. He released the 1988 Soviet Military Power report detailing Russia's military activities over the past year.
An unnamed U S official says Manuel Noriega tentatively agreed to resign as Panama's defense chief but will remain in Panama for now. The plan, seen as less than ideal, comes after two months of talks with the Reagan administration including a State Department envoy visit. Panamanian Ambassador Juan Sosa lambasted U S involvement.
In San Diego the first California condor bred in captivity hatched Friday at the Wild Animal Park. Keepers used tweezers and fingers to free the chick from a stuck shell membrane after it could not rotate to peck free.
In southeastern Poland 7000 workers at the Stalowa Wola heavy machinery plant walked off amid pay raise and reinstatement demands. The Nowa Huta steelworks near Krakow and Bochnia mill also faced stoppages as authorities detained Solidarity leaders and warned of potential force.
The Commerce Department reports a 0.8 percent March gain in the chief economic indicator, revising February to 1.3 percent and signaling continued expansion into 1988. Jerzy Jasinowski of the NAM calls the growth rate likely to remain moderate despite the March uptick.
Truckers form about 50-vehicle convoys along Indiana interstates to protest a law raising gasoline tax by one cent and lowering heavy truck speed from 65 to 55 mph. State police report 12 convoys since Tuesday night, with speeds 40 to 55 mph, mostly on I 70. The actions come amid a month-old boycott of Indiana truckstops and eateries damaging business for drivers like Ron Vernon of Cedar Rapids.
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