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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1998
Page
3
Joel Barr, Brooklyn born electronics expert and early Soviet radar and anti aircraft guidance collaborator, died August 1 in Moscow at 82 from diabetes complications. He befriended Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and spent years in St. Petersburg.
Adventurer Steve Fossett was located alive in a life raft in shark infested waters eight hours after his balloon capsule dropped into the Coral Sea off Queensland while two thirds through a round the world voyage. Rescue teams coordinated by Joe Ritchie and Robin Poke reported the discovery and supply drops as efforts continued.
Pakistan handed over Mohammad Sadik Howaida to Kenyan officials in Nairobi as FBI investigators press for new evidence. Howaida, alleged participant in the Nairobi and Dar es Salaam embassy bombings, reportedly confessed to involvement and outlined a conspiracy. He arrived via Karachi after Aug. 7, with U.S. officials seeking access.
In 1987 Rudolf Hess the last survivor of Hitler’s inner circle died in a Berlin hospital at age 93, apparently by his own action. In 1988 Vice President George Bush was nominated for a National Convention in New Orleans. Associated Press
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