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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1990
Page
3
Honduras’ government sent army troops to banana plantations and censored radio to help end a seven week strike by 10 000 workers at Chiquita Brands. Two workers and an undercover policeman were wounded when a soldier fired on a crowd outside Chiquita HQ. The government urged wage talks.
Dagmar Moradillo, a principal dancer with the Cuban National Ballet, and her husband Alfredo Rodriguez were granted provisional political asylum in Spain. Police at Madrid Barajas Airport confirmed the asylum request and approval on Saturday.
Senior U S and Soviet officials say talks to cut strategic nuclear arms have slowed to a halt with unresolved issues over warhead reuse, U S military technology transfers to Britain, and SDI research. President Bush postpones a five nation South America trip due to deficit talks and other problems.
A wind driven blaze near Bend Oregon scorched about 2800 acres and jumped the Deschutes River. It forced the evacuation of over 2800 people from four motels and six subdivisions while crews built lines around most of the fire. A second fast moving fire prompted alerts for Chiloquin residents several dozen miles away.
Internal Pentagon documents reveal the U S Air Force spent hundreds of millions on luxury items to boost morale including gold plated chandeliers at Mildenhall Base and $600 000 golf course projects. Audits show waste and schemes to bypass reporting rules drawing calls for reform.
Reports from Johannesburg say the African National Congress and the white-minority government plan to announce a cease-fire after talks in Pretoria. Officials indicate the meeting aims to start constitutional talks on ending white rule and may mark an end to armed struggle if demands are met.
Defense Department officials and state educators urged downsizing service members to rejoin as teachers. Programs aim at non commissioned personnel and officers with science and technical backgrounds to teach mathematics science and vocational technical subjects amid a national shortage. Christopher Cross called the plan a terrific match and spearheaded talks between educators and the Pentagon.
Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee, hinted on CSPAN that he might run again for president. He said, Maybe, and emphasized he and Kitty are still young with energy. He has consistently said never say never.
A 1981 test uncovered spherical aberration in the Hubble Space Telescope main mirror. NASA officials and project overseers say they were not informed of the problem. An outside optical expert linked the flaw to Perkin-Elmer designed optics, though the test was later discounted by a more advanced instrument.
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