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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1990
Page
3
The Actors' Equity council will reexamine its ban on a white English actor portraying a Eurasian role in Miss Saigon after petitions signed by over 100 members. Spokesman Dick Moore said the council will meet Thursday to discuss the issue.
A rare tornado struck Staten Island on Friday uprooting trees and disrupting gas and electricity service. Dawn Zimmer, 27, described the scene while noting her home remained standing but with damaged aluminum siding and scattered debris.
Former Atlanta Archbishop Eugene Marino, who resigned over an intimate relationship with a woman, has been admitted to a hospital psychiatric unit. Archdiocese spokesman said the hospitalization occurred late Thursday and provided no further details.
The Contra Costa coroner said Brent Mydland died from a drug overdose. Autopsy found a puncture mark on his arm and toxicology showed lethal morphine and cocaine levels.
Rebels pressed a final bid to topple President Samuel Doe as West African peacekeepers near, with rocket and small arms fire rocking Monrovia. Heavy fighting raged along Tubman Boulevard and reports described black smoke over the city.
NASA places Magellan in Venus orbit after a braking burn at the north pole. The mission aims to map about 90 percent of Venus with radar at ten times the detail of the 1980s Venera images. First radar pictures expected by September.
A federal judge ruled the United States illegally kidnapped Dr Humberto Alvarez Machain for trial in the Enrique Camarena murder case and ordered his return to Mexico. The ruling condemned the abduction at gunpoint as a treaty violation and warned U S authorities against sovereignty violations in drug cases. The decision was stayed for one week to consider an appeal amid diplomatic tensions.
The American Red Cross places local blood services under national supervision with dozens of new positions. Chairman George Moody calls the move a milestone amid self-examination and scrutiny by the press and FDA. FDA inspectors cited reporting and follow up problems in transfusion operations.
Former U S Justice Department lawyer Henry Barr was indicted by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on one count of cocaine possession two counts of making false statements and one count of conspiracy He was Thornburghs general counsel in Pennsylvania and later an assistant at the Justice Department resigning in May 1989.
The Teamsters agreed not to strike even if the vote counts reject the proposed contract. UPS spokesman Alan Caminiti said there will be no work stoppage for the foreseeable future. Mediation officials urged renewed bargaining if the pact is rejected, with results due Monday and workers expected to be at their posts.
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