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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1988
Page
3
Witnesses report a van struck a 4 month old boy in Van Cortlandt Park after a Sunday soccer match. The driver Sergio Cano age 59 faces second degree manslaughter and multiple charges after sustaining head injuries and being treated at a hospital. The incident occurred in New York Bronx police said.
Burundi's foreign minister Cyprien Mbonimpa said on Monday that about 5,000 people were killed in ethnic clashes last week. He called a media report claiming 24,000 dead highly exaggerated and noted 35,000 fled across the border.
South Korea's opposition leader Kim Dae-jung told Philippine officials that closing American bases would destabilize the Asia Pacific region and open strategic gaps for the Soviet Union. He urged a deal to keep bases beyond the 1991 lease expirations, stressing Korea's interest in regional peace.
Poland ordered troops to secure major industrial plants and imposed curfews in Szczecin Katowice and Gdansk after a week of intense unrest linked to Solidarity. Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak said measures aim to restore order while Solidarity leader Lech Walesa urged reforms at the Lenin shipyard.
Capitol Hill lobbyists spent more than 63.62 million in 1987 to influence Congress, up 4.5 percent from 1986. The National Committee to Preserve Social Security led with 2.93 million, followed by Common Cause 2.56 million and Philip Morris USA 2.55 million, with Citizens for Sensible Control of Acid Rain at 1.2 million.
Burmese anti-government demonstrations expand beyond Rangoon with doctors lawyers and film stars joining marches in Mandalay and other towns. Diplomats note soldiers present but not acting, signaling a broader, non violent surge of popular dissent against the one party government.
Nepal's home minister Narajam Thapa said at least 450 killed in Nepal while Indian radio reported 200 dead in Bihar. More than 3,000 injured and thousands homeless after a 45 second quake. Monsoon rains hinder rescue as Rajiv Gandhi pledges 215000 dollars for relief.
Czech activists call weekend actions an important political moment as 77 people were arrested and 28 remained in detention in Prague. The crowd marched through the capital while dissident journalist Sergei Grigoryants urged a government probe into alleged crimes by authorities.
A wheel detached from a car on the freeway and struck a bus windshield, killing the driver Bobby Hall, 52. Passengers, including an unidentified woman and William H. Patterson, helped steer and stop the bus, leaving two others unharmed.
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