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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1990
Page
3
In Krasnodar Oleg Kalugin a former KGB agent runs against 19 opponents for a seat in the Congress of People's Deputies. He rebukes the secret police and Stalinist repression as voters decide the race. A national contest features 20 candidates for Krasnodar’s provincial seat.
Armed Serbs patrolled Croatian streets Sunday to block police action as the Serb minority voted on autonomy in defiance of a government ban. Croatians, Roman Catholic, dominate the west while Orthodox Serbs form the southern majority. The two groups have long rivaled since 1918.
Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 77, was discharged from Sharei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem after recovering from a broken right hip. He plans to move to Tel Aviv at his family’s request following a fall in his living room in July.
Defense Minister Rainer Eppelmann announced the halt of East German army training for PLO members. He said the training would stop immediately, though a formal declaration to end the program permanently is still required. The army now trains 31 Palestinians, 29 Libyans, and 130 Yemenis.
Jurors acquitted three teenagers of attempted murder in the Central Park jogger case citing lack of intent to kill. The teens were convicted of rape and assault in the 1989 attack that left the victim brain damaged and became a national symbol of gender violence.
EAST BERLIN AP The broad coalition to lead East Germany merged into unification talks but collapsed as the Social Democrats quit over merger pace. The move strengthens the opposition and leaves Dec 2 elections intact for a unified Germany.
Heavy rain pushed Lake Manitou about 2 feet above flood stage prompting evacuations in Rochester Indiana. At least 100 people were moved from areas immediately below the dam and other residents were urged to leave or prepare to evacuate if the dam failed. Twenty eight patients from Woodlawn Hospital were reassigned to other facilities as sandbags totaling about 13000 were placed along the dam.
Richard Hawk, chairman of the nation s largest student loan guarantor, says federal officials told him to resign as a condition for government rescue of the Higher Education Assistance Foundation. The department backs a private takeover by Sallie Mae and United Student Aid Funds with a potential 1 to 2 billion dollar cost. Hawk plans to step down in coming weeks and pursue outside business interests.
Washington reports show a sharp rise in food stamp enrollment across at least 44 states, with increases up to 50 percent in some. The Agriculture Department links the 1.3 million jump from May 1989 to May 1990 to broader welfare caseload growth and the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.
The Hartford Courant reports Perkin Elmer ignored chief scientist Roderic Scott’s calls for more tests on the Hubble Space Telescope mirrors. Scott retired early in 1980 partly over the pushback, and a final test was abandoned for time and cost concerns, potentially missing the flaw.
Police say 49 blacks were killed in weekend tribal fighting near Johannesburg, bringing weeklong toll to 291. Soldiers were deployed in Tokota and nearby townships as Xhosa and Zulu clashes continued, with victims ritually mutilated and corpses burned. At least 213 deaths in Tokota area since Aug. 12 and 78 in Soweto.
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