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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1990
Page
3
East German legislators urged West Germany to assume control in October, seven weeks earlier than planned, as the economy falters. The Volkskammer voted 187 to 148 to unite with West Germany on Oct 14 and requested Bonn ease its constitution for all German elections the same day.
Jurors in Marion Barry's cocaine and perjury case viewed the FBI sting videotape as deliberations continued for a sixth day. They requested to see the Jan. 18 tape showing Barry's crack cocaine arrest in Rasheeda Moore's hotel room.
Rebel leader Prince Johnson freed foreign hostages in Monrovia as West African peacekeepers prepared to deploy by sea from Freetown. The city endured savage street battles among Johnson loyalists, Charles Taylor forces, and forces loyal to President Samuel Doe.
Emanuel Christen, 33, released after 10 months in captivity and handed to Swiss authorities near the Syrian Foreign Ministry. Eyewitnesses saw him transferred to Swiss Charge d'Affaires Fritz Kuehni and driven to the Swiss Embassy. The Palestinian Revolutionary Squads claimed credit for the release. Elio Enríquez remains captive.
The Broadway production of Miss Saigon is canceled for the season after the actors union blocks white British actor Jonathan Pryce from reprising his Eurasian brothel owner role. Cameron Mackintosh announces the decision as the show was due to open in March.
New York prosecutors portray the Central Park jogger assault as a brutal gang rape and attempted murder. Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer asks jurors to imagine the victim's fear as she was beaten and left unconscious. Defendants Yusef Salaam Raymond Santana and Antron McCray face charges including rape attempted murder riot assault and robbery. Relatives of the defendants left the courtroom during her summary.
A 30 year old Alabama man distraught over marital problems doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire then ran into his mother's house, which caught fire. He survived but his 51 year old mother Clara Taylor died. Police described the incident as a death by own action and found a note in the charred remains. Neighbors and relatives recalled efforts to extinguish the flames.
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