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21 Aug 1988
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1988
Page
1
Poland deploys troops as Silesia strikes widen
In Poland, emergency sessions and troop movements cover Silesia as four more coal mines join nationwide strikes demanding Solidarity legalization. Government drafts miners, assigns workers choosing mining over conscription to report Monday, as police and army move with roadblocks and helicopters in Katowice Jastrzebie region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Silesia
Solidarity
Wojciech Jaruzelski
National Defense Committee
Jerry Urban
Krakow
Nowa Huta
Jastrzebie
Adam Slomka
Confederation For Independent Poland
Katowice
Associated Press
Fear and memory of 1968 Prague invasion linger in Cedar Rapids
A retired Czech exile in Cedar Rapids recounts lingering fear decades after the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia. He cannot identify, cites risk to relatives in Prague, and notes current Prague politics mirror Brezhnev era central planning. The piece recalls the Prague Spring reforms led by Alexander Dubcek and the subsequent Warsaw Pact assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
C.R
Cedar Rapids
George
Prague
Czech Capital
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Bloc
Leonid Brezhnev
Jury finds Hunts guilty in world silver market scheme
A Manhattan federal jury held the Hunt brothers of Dallas and allies liable in a racketeering plot to corner the world silver market in 1979 and 1980, ordering more than 130 million dollars in damages to Minoeco SA. The decision highlights drastic price swings from 9 to 50 and back to 10 dollars an ounce, amid ongoing civil suits and broader financial troubles for the Hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Hunt Brothers
Dallas
Hunts
Minoeco SA
Peru
Minoeco
Morris Lasker
U.S. District Court
Nelson Bunker
William Herbert
Lamar
Texas
Paul Curran
Lasker
Mahmoud Fustock
Crown Prince of
Saudi Arabia
International Metals Investment Co
Bermuda
Nelson Bunker Hunt
William Herbert Hunt
Mohammed Aboud al-Amoudi
Ali bin Mussalem
Drug raid in Seattle shocks buyers crowd police raid scene
Police surrounded a Seattle drug house as customers arrived during the raid. Officers arrested seven people including a 32 year old woman renter. Small quantities of cocaine and heroin were found along with seven rifles and pistols a machete and a meat cleaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Jerry Justis
Justis
Self-help seminars boost bank accounts of organizers
Self-help seminars appear to benefit the organizers financially as more attendees enroll and funds increase. Bank accounts tied to the events show growth as participation expands across venues.
Mortuary mix up pulls living woman from death row
Funeral home workers in New York removed the body of a nursing home resident but accidentally took her elderly roommate who was still alive. The revived woman was taken to the hospital and then sent back to the nursing home as officials opened an investigation into possible regulatory violations by the nursing home and Sinai Chapels funeral home in Flushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flushing Hospital
Bridge View Nursing Home
Queens
State Health Department
Nursing Home
Sinai Chapels Funeral Home
Flushing
William Fagel
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