06 Aug 1990
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1990
Page
1
Three robbers with guns and a fake hand grenade robbed after a New Kids on the Block show in Montreal. They cuffed staff and threatened an explosion to bar escape, fleeing with $260,000 from souvenir sales after a crowd of about 57,000 attended the concert.
In Aspen Thatcher proposes a new European Magna Carta to entrench basic rights for every European citizen, including those in the Soviet Union. She frames the move as a path toward freedom and envisions freedoms such as speech and worship safeguarded across Europe.
A humorous today’s chuckle notes scientists say political rhetoric on the environment has intensified the greenhouse effect by emitting more heat. The item playfully mocks lawmakers for their environmental stances.
U.S. Marines evacuated 62 Americans and 12 others from Monrovia as part of operation Sharp Edge. About 225 Marines in 17 helicopters and escort jets secured the U.S. Embassy compound with 200 sharpshooters, lifting 59 Americans to ships offshore. No fire was reported during the rescue.
Washington reports President Bush has ordered a secret, high level planning effort by U.S. agencies to destabilize and remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. CIA assessments fear Hussein could leverage oil reserves to dominate OPEC, push prices higher, and threaten long term U.S. economic interests.
In Waterloo and addressing 90 Democrats at the Black Hawk Labor Temple Jesse Jackson denounced the Bush administration as irresponsibly handling the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. He called for bold leadership and said military action could be considered if diplomatic steps fail.
John F Kennedy case witness Ricky White a 29 year old unemployed oil equipment salesman says his late father Roscoe White a former Dallas police officer participated in the Kennedy assassination He tells reporters in Dallas that he can prove two of the three bullets came from his father and that Roscoe White killed a Dallas police officer.
Three inmates in Anamosa discuss reading writing and aims to learn a trade or attend college. The Iowa Legislature funded the Education Consortium of Iowa's Correctional Institutes, linking five colleges to eight prisons to reduce recidivism and open paths to jobs after release. Kirkwood and Southeastern Community Colleges operate the consortium.
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