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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1992
Page
3
Fighters loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar bomb Kabul with rockets and artillery killing and wounding hundreds across the capital. Government figures say over 1,200 killed or wounded in the weeklong bombardment as neighborhoods lie in ruins.
President Bush names James Baker as chief of staff to energize a lagging re election bid. Baker resigns as secretary of state to take a largely political rescue role. Samuel Skinner becomes Republican National Committee chair. Deputy Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger to act as secretary. Changes take effect Aug 23 after the convention.
The Republican platform writers approved a feisty conservative manifesto reaffirming support for an abortion ban. They rejected leaving the issue silent and kept a diverse abortion views statement as a separate resolution. Critics say pro choice Republicans are marginalized, while Barbara Bush calls abortion a personal choice.
Clinton accused Bush of backing familiar tyrants and the old geography of repression as he urged a new approach to world affairs. He spoke to the World Affairs Council as Baker announced plans to leave the State Department to help Bush's reelection bid.
Archaeologists report bones found in a Jerusalem burial cave may belong to Caiaphas the high priest who presided over Jesus trial. The ossuary bears the name Caiaphas and dates to the late Second Temple period, though researchers stop short of positive identification.
A tampered switch diverted Amtrak Colonial 187 passengers onto a siding, causing a derailment that injured 74 people. Four hospitalized including the engineer. investigators found bolt cutters and shavings near the switch and noted the device opened to divert traffic from 79 mph to 15 mph.
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