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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1988
Page
3
A 14 hour uprising at Coxsackie Correctional Facility ended peacefully as inmates released the last four of five hostage guards. Two guards hospitalized in good condition. three more treated and released for minor injuries. one inmate with minor injuries.
The Postal Service reports a $48 million net income for the March 12 to June 3 quarter, reversing a $171 million loss in the prior year’s quarter after stamp price increases took effect on April 3. In Albuquerque a federal jury acquitted Rev. Glen Remer Thamert and journalist Demetria Martinez of smuggling two pregnant Salvadorans, Ines Campos Anzora and Cecelia Elias Alegria, into the United States after deliberations.
Sweden reports a contagious lung infection killing about 6 100 seals and threatening the regional population. Ecologists fear pollution from industrial and agricultural waste worsens the outbreak as authorities monitor the crisis.
President Reagan ordered federal agencies to not discriminate against employees with AIDS and urged private groups to adopt similar policies. He referred the commission's anti-discrimination proposal to the attorney general for study and criticized the administration for not adopting broader protections beyond the federal workplace.
Relatives say Rebbi Barakat Kaid, 67, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Columbus, Ohio, died after Israeli soldiers ordered him and his Chicago born grandson to paint over graffiti in Beitin. Kaid reportedly collapsed on stairs after not taking heart medicine. Army spokesman said investigation would be immediate.
The Senate approved a strengthened fair housing bill by a 94 to 3 vote, expanding enforcement powers and banning housing discrimination against families with children and the handicapped. The measure, likely to become law soon, would let HUD investigate complaints and route cases to administrative judges or federal court, with fines up to 50 000. Retirement communities would be exempt from the no children rule.
In Los Angeles, after formal talks stalled, scriptwriters and producers pursued informal shuttle diplomacy to end the 22 week strike. WGA officials hope for progress though no details were given, with disagreement over pay for syndicated reruns as the central issue.
A Zhejiang province flood disaster leaves at least 230 dead and 377 injured with 450 missing. About 2 million people are affected as 3,000 villages are cut off and thousands lose homes. Infrastructure losses include 23,000 houses 100 reservoirs 500 bridges and power plants. Grain crops and arable land suffer extensive damage.
U S District Judge Stanley Sporkin found the 1986 rule capping four visits a week for home health care invalid. He ordered DHHS to reopen denied claims since February 17, 1987, in a case led by the National Association for Home Care with support from several Congress members.
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