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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1992
Page
3
An Israeli rock group Duralex Sedlex will perform Sunday night at the Auschwitz International Youth Center near the former Nazi death camp. The concert advocates memory of the 1.5 million killed at Auschwitz and is German sponsored.
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg postponed Officer Laurence Powell’s October retrial on one assault count as a federal indictment looms, suggesting dismissal of the state case if a federal prosecution goes forward. The judge noted no incentive for three trials on the same matter.
After over two decades of talks the U N Conference on Disarmament approves a near two hundred page draft treaty that bans acquisition development production transfer and use of chemical weapons worldwide. It calls for destruction of stocks and facilities within ten years and introduces international inspections to verify compliance with entry into force after sixty five signatories.
A U N weapons inspection team arrived in Baghdad and planned site checks as Iraq warned it would bar access to government ministries. Team leader Nikita Smidovich asserted rights to inspect, while President Bush said the U N has authority under the cease fire. Hammadi called ministry searches political, not technical.
The Queen Elizabeth 2 briefly grounded three miles off Cuttyhunk Island leaking fuel but refloated itself and anchored. About 2,800 aboard with no evacuation planned, Coast Guard said damage limited to fuel compartments and the ship would sail under its own power after the leak ends.
Postmaster General Marvin Runyon detailed a restructuring plan for the Postal Service. He said the shakeup would cut 30,000 management positions and shift to a corporate style hierarchy. He expects about 40,000 of 140,000 eligible workers to take early retirement buys, leaving about 10,000 management roles to fill. He declined to discuss steps if fewer than expected sign on.
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