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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1990
Page
3
NASA engineers fixed a minor backup computer glitch aiding Magellan's Venus mapping. The spacecraft remains healthy and operations are unaffected, according to Magellan science manager Tommy Thompson of JPL.
Government forces mounted a successful counterattack Sunday dashing rebel hopes of seizing Monrovia before a West African peacekeeping task force arrives. In Karelia sovereignty declared. in Colombia a drug lord linked to Pablo Escobar shot dead by police in Medellin.
Dozens of lightning sparked fires in California and Yosemite advance, with the A Rock fire moving into Stanislaus National Forest and destroying Foresta structures. Park closes at least until midweek as crews fight multiple major blazes amid a multi state drought and looming storm system from Mexico.
A one mile beach near Buckroe Beach was closed after discovery of at least 28 shells in sand dredged from the Chesapeake Bay. Finds range from World War I and II to Civil War era, with most likely inert unless nose fuses are struck. Langley AFB disposed of the items and the area partially reopened as sand dredging continues for a nearly $1 million replenishment project.
The Enola Gay crew members travel the country selling memorabilia from the Hiroshima bombing. Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets Jr. defends the sales as simple demand, while Setsuke Thurlow of Hiroshima Nagasaki Revealed denounces the monetization as appalling. Thurlow, then 13, survived the blast that killed her sister and niece.
In Eravur and five fishing villages on Sri Lanka's east coast Muslims were slain in a wave of ethnic violence. Military officials report at least 119 dead with 29 women and 31 children among victims.
An 18 year old woman in Clayton Missouri was diagnosed with diphtheria. Health officials warned about waning immunity as doctors noted throat symptoms fever and coughing and a potentially life threatening membrane in the throat. The patient remained in serious condition while an infectious disease specialist said fewer than five cases have occurred in the United States in the last decade.
In Boston a researcher reports that newborns can recognize speech and distinguish passages starting in the womb. Anthony DeCasper of UNC Greensboro notes 24 newborns showed ear preference when hearing speech versus a heartbeat, implying early linguistic knowledge.
The 50th Black Hills Motor Classic in Sturgis SD ended violently after a Saturday night shooting and stabbing brawl between Outlaws and Sons of Silence members injuring three. No charges were filed. two Sons of Silence were in serious condition. Events drew about 300000 attendees with substantial local spending.
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