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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1988
Page
3
Former Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell argued there is no constitutional right to own handguns in a Toronto address to the American Bar Association. He linked the high murder rate to handgun availability while focusing on capital punishment delays.
Petty Officer Charles Wayne Elmore 27 of Texas was found guilty by a U S military court martial of murdering his Philippine wife Bella Fe at Exmouth on March 16. The prosecutor said he stabbed her after a money dispute and discarded her body from a pier into the Indian Ocean. the body has not been found. Elmore pleaded innocent claiming she fell accidentally.
In Bell Gardens California firefighters freed Rodolpho Mohoro who became stuck while attempting to shimmy down a chimney after being locked out of a relative’s home. Fire crews used crow bars and sledge hammers to free him, breaking much of the chimney and causing 5000 to 10000 dollars in damage. He appeared intoxicated.
U S Navy said nine ships including a nuclear powered aircraft carrier steamed into the Arabian Sea to replace others and support oil shipments in the Persian Gulf. The moves are routine and not tied to any truce efforts, leaving overall U S forces unchanged.
King Hussein urged Yasser Arafat and the PLO to establish a government in exile and immediately recognize it. The move follows Hussein’s break with the West Bank, vows not to speak for Palestinians again, and signals a new Arab stance on leadership of Palestinian areas amid stalled U.S. hopes for a Middle East peace conference.
The New York Times reports a two level system in legal firms where women, despite gains, remain on the bottom. Flexible hours and maternity measures aid some but many women face stalled partnerships and fewer choice assignments. The ABA House of Delegates weighs a resolution condemning overt and subtle barriers to women.
An 18 month old boy left alone in a running station wagon moved the car from park to drive, rolling 100 feet into a group of campers and killing 2 year old Dylan Bloodworth. His mother Sheri Bloodworth and grandmother Joanne Ferguson were injured. No charges yet as CHP investigates.
Rupert Murdoch plans to acquire Triangle Publications Inc. for 3 billion dollars adding TV Guide the Daily Racing Form and Seventeen to his media group. The sale would create the largest selling weekly magazine TV Guide with over 17 million audited circulation while attracting anti-trust scrutiny over Fox network interests.
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