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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1988
Page
3
Washington inspector general Richard Kusserow reports 6.6 percent of a sample of Medicare patients received substandard hospital care. Nationally this implies about 460,000 patients were affected and $1.2 billion in costs in fiscal year 1985.
U.S. officials dispute persistent reports that Latin American children are butchered for organ transplants in the United States. Rumors, linked to alleged Soviet disinformation, have spread worldwide for about 20 months despite denials. The latest claim emerged after a Paraguay raid found seven infants and pregnant women allegedly ready to give up babies.
Sudan’s Blue and White Nile rivers burst banks south of Khartoum worsening a disaster that has left millions homeless. Finance Minister Omar Nour el Dayem reports at least 58 dead 213 injured and 167000 houses destroyed in the Khartoum area.
Ordinary citizens flood the Embezzlement and Bribery Reporting Center in Beijing's east district a week after opening. Wu Yuhua the 35 year old station head says the public response is excellent with many complaints and curiosity. The cramped mud and mortar dwelling houses the center beside a butcher shop in a Beijing alley.
President Reagan lauds George Bush at the Republican National Convention city, denounces liberal Democratic policies, and lampshades Dukakis as a centrist. Bush remains at home in Washington as convention speeches are prepared and secrecy over his running mate fuels TV ratings strategy.
The Israeli army ordered an area wide curfew locking 650,000 residents in Gaza to their homes amid rising violence. The move aimed to deter further unrest as clashes, casualties, and political shifts ripple through the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and wider regional tensions.
Riot police clashed with students in Seoul on the eve of Korea's liberation holiday. About 2,000 students tried to break a police cordon to reach Panmunjom for a meeting with North Korean counterparts, a march banned by the government.
Inmates angry over heat and crowding attacked the Essex County Jail in Lawrence burning a wing for about three hours. About 100 inmates were moved to a recreation area as riot police contained the scene. Eight people were injured and two prisoners attempted escape.
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