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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1988
Page
3
About 200 residents were evacuated after a string of underground explosions ripped through Gloucester Massachusetts. No injuries were reported. Fire officials tied the blasts to gasoline in the sewer system.
Five people aged 52 to 82 were found dead in sweltering homes or a car in Marion County. Coroner's office says they likely died from heat, with some deaths occurring earlier in the week.
King County Superior Court Judge Gary Little killed himself in a deserted courthouse hallway after learning details of alleged sexual misconduct with teenage boys would be published. A friend says he felt hounded by the press and could not endure the scrutiny. He left a note stating he chose to take his life as an end to the situation.
Sir Frederick Ashton famed choreographer of the English ballet style died at his Eye Suffolk home. A Royal Opera House spokeswoman confirmed he passed away Thursday night at age 83 with no cause given. He had worked with the Royal Ballet for over thirty years.
Burma appoints Maung Maung, an American educated lawyer, as president and chairman of the Burma Socialist Program Party after the ousting of Sein Lwin. Students vow a general strike while urging one party rule abolition, and call for calm amid deadly anti government protests.
Technicians sealed a nitrogen tetroxide gas leak in Discovery's steering engine compartment with a clamshell clamp and sealing compound. If the seal holds and booster tests in Utah remain positive, NASA may set a launch date next week for Discovery, the first shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa warned of broader action if the government does not legalize the banned union. Miners at two Silesian mines near Jastrzebie joined strikes, with shipyard workers in Gdansk and port, bus, and tram staff in Szczecin also striking amid a nationwide labor dispute.
A land mine exploded as a military bus carried 38 soldiers between Omagh and Ballygawley in County Tyrone, killing six and wounding eleven. The attack, likely by the IRA, follows another IRA bomb injuring police and damaging a hotel, as troops and police sealed the scene.
President Corazon Aquino said she would respect a court ruling that could allow Ferdinand Marcos to come home in November to face an accuser in a perpetuation proceeding. Marcos, living in Hawaii since 1986, said he will seek to return, while Aquino cited security concerns and a January 1987 coup attempt as context.
A Hudson Institute study suggests 1.9 to 3 million Americans could be infected by year end, with 2.2 to 2.6 million most likely, twice the CDC estimate of 900 thousand to 1.4 million. Officials acknowledge data gaps but agree epidemic is severe.
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