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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1988
Page
3
Israel formally outlawed Palestinian popular committees saying they helped run the eight month uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Palestinians found to be members face arrest as the government widens its crackdown.
In Beirut Parliament did not reach a quorum to choose a new head of state as Amin Gemayel nears term end. The deadlock followed pressure by the Lebanese Forces to block Suleiman Franjieh and alleged intimidation of lawmakers. In Panmunjom, Seoul and Pyongyang met to discuss resuming talks on easing tensions and Olympic sharing plans.
A week-old blaze near Helena Montana surged to about 20000 acres after shifting winds. At least five homes burned and 55 residents ordered to evacuate, with many fleeing in fear of the advancing wall of flame.
In Poland strikes spread to five Silesian coal mines crippling output and halting Szczecin port and city transit. Solidarity supporters pressed for legal status while the government upheld a ban on political strikes. officials cited 1500 workers at the July Manifesto mine among 8,400.
Michael Dukakis addressed a predominantly black audience at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church in Birmingham urging a ban on bigotry and racism. He attacked Reagan era indifference to civil rights, drug policy criticism, and called for affordable housing, job training, prenatal care, quality schools, and anti drug programs while stressing a commitment to minority concerns.
The group holding at least two Americans and other foreigners said predictions of a release are a desert mirage. The statement, delivered in Beirut, references journalist Terry Anderson abducted March 16, 1985, and notes Anderson as the longest-held captive among the 18 foreign hostages.
Police halted a BMW sedan carrying two bank robbers Hans-Juergen Roesner and Dieter Degowski after flash grenades lit a crowded highway. Three people died in the two day siege including a 15 year old hostage and a police officer. Hostages were released or killed as officers exchanged fire during the chase through Western Germany and the Netherlands.
President Botha, courting conciliatory stance, urged Nelson Mandela to renounce violence and seek peace. Mandela, 70, ill with tuberculosis, is under hospital care in Cape Town while Justice Minister Coetsee says he is improving. Botha mused on release as a path to peace, stressing age and condition.
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