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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1988
Page
3
NASA officials report a new valve tested satisfactorily in Discovery’s engine compartment and reschedule the main engine test firing to Wednesday. Countdown begins at 5 10 p m CDT with a 22 second firing slated for 7 30 a m. The halt last Thursday was caused by a faulty sensor, not the valve, though both parts were replaced as a unit.
Washington political uproar surrounds a Democratic bid for bipartisan Contra aid. After a private hourlong meeting, Republican senators and Nicaraguan rebel leaders rejected the plan, with Thurmond calling it unsatisfactory and urging changes to enact necessary aid.
A jury in Wayne County Circuit Court convicted Alberta Easter and her three sons William Lemons Roy Lemons and George Lemons on three counts of first degree murder each for the July 1987 deaths of Inkster Officers Daniel Dubiel Clay Hoover and Sgt Ira Parker after a 10 hour standoff with gunfire. The murder verdicts carry mandatory life terms. Each defendant faced three counts of murder.
Two Afghan airmen fled a bombing mission in a MiG-19 and landed at Parachinar in Pakistan. They surrendered their sidearms and requested political asylum, while Pakistan authorities denied confirmation of reports about a Soviet pilot shot down last week.
Burmese demonstrations spread from Rangoon to 14 cities as security forces killed at least eight people. Reports from Rangoon radio and Rangoon newspapers describe mass protests and violent incidents in Mandalay Mergui Pegu Thanatpin Yenangyaung with multiple deaths and injuries. In Northern Ireland gunmen kill two Roman Catholics in Ardoyne, Belfast, then flee toward Shankill.
Swiss authorities uncovered 62 spying cases for East bloc and other communist countries between 1980 and 1987, up from the previous decade. Since 1980, 133 spies have been caught, including 47 foreign diplomats, per the Federal Prosecutor's Office report.
A federal appeals court reinstated Minnesota's parental notification and judicial permission abortion law in a 7-3 decision. The 8th U.S. Circuit ruled the two parent notice provision, when viewed as a whole, does not unconstitutionally burden a minor's right, reversing a district court ruling that struck the statute. The decision affects minors and clinics involved in the 1981 statute.
The Duchess Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew welcomed a daughter weighing six pounds 12 ounces at 8:18 p.m. The baby becomes fifth in line to the throne. Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are reported well as the palace confirms the birth with an official notice and crowd cheers.
Washington reports a joint cease-fire among South Africa Angola and Cuba in Angola and South-West Africa Namibia with a de facto halt in hostilities. The U N mediated accord ties independence plans for South-West Africa to Cuban troop withdrawal and a U N supervised election. Savimbi's group vows to continue fighting.
UN secretary general Perez de Cuellar announced Iran and Iraq will observe a cease-fire from 3:00 GMT on August 20 and begin peace negotiations in Geneva five days later. He urged both nations to halt all military activity and expressed confidence in a peaceful solution.
Vice President Bush previews next week's convention in New Orleans urging delegates to draft specific proposals and detailed plans to sharply contrast with Democrats. He likens Dukakis to a stealth bomber evading scrutiny while Dukakis accuses Bush of a negative campaign draining poll numbers.
A terse listing notes the sequence from 8200 to 8360, detailing adjacent increments and grouping without context. The fragment reads as a numeric run with no stated event or attribution, offering only a bare series for archival reference.
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