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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1988
Page
3
Three coal mines remained on strike in Poland as police cleared three mines in the Jastrzebie area overnight. Strikers in three other mines withdrew Thursday night, reducing the wave of walkouts that began on August 15 in Silesia.
In Geneva the Iraq and Iran foreign ministers began direct talks to secure a ceasefire and move toward a permanent peace. After a six hour session, UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar called the negotiations a serious beginning.
A consumer group urged cafeterias to serve healthier meals and cut fried items after a survey found school menus heavy in saturated fat. The group highlighted trends toward fresh fruit and vegetables while noting many main courses remain high fat.
Michael Dukakis accused the Reagan administration of nurturing a drug cancer as cocaine imports tripled in seven years and he blasted Panamanian ties with Noriega. George Bush countered with claims of proven leadership while denouncing Dukakis and likening him to Carter.
Burma released top dissident Aung Gyi and about 1,700 anti government protesters while mass demonstrations grow. Hundreds of thousands rally for immediate democracy rejecting Maung Maung's multiparty referendum plan. Aung Gyi urged an interim government to steer the nation toward democracy amid ongoing street actions.
Burundi's Maj. Pierre Buyoya said soldiers killed civilians in reprisals for massacres by rival tribesmen. He warned the death toll could surpass 5,000 as more than 41,000 Burundians flee to Rwanda amid Hutu-Tutsi fighting. Refugees report bayonet and machete killings.
The City Council approved an ordinance allowing police to arrest and search people who look or act like drug dealers even without a sale. Loiterers may be fined up to 500 dollars if known drug dealers or seen passing money or materials in drug sale areas. Civil libertarians questioned the measure defining a known dealer as someone convicted of drug charges within the past year.
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