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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1998
Page
3
A court in Saratov convicted two American Mormon missionaries Andrew Propst and Travis Tuttle for kidnapping in March. They were held five days and released without serious injuries after captors demanded 300000 dollars from the Mormon Church.
Kathryn Schoonover a 50 year old cancer patient who lived in a van faced federal attempted murder charges after allegedly mailing cyanide packets to eight people including four in New York. Authorities say one hit list named a nurse who treated her and became ill after a powder was tasted.
In 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson is nominated for a full term at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. Charlie Lindbergh, famed for his solo nonstop transatlantic flight, dies in Hawaii at age 72 in 1974. In 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice is elected pope and takes the name John Paul I after Paul VI’s death.
Researchers Bruce Jakosky and Everett Shock say Mars could have begun life but not reach Earthlike abundance. Volcanic activity and hydrothermal vents on Mars were hundreds of times lower, yielding far less energy for life, with photosynthesis boosting Earth's productivity far beyond Mars. NASA funds the study and eyes Mars sample return.
Hurricane Bonnie nears the Carolina coast with winds near 115 mph forcing evacuations for over 330,000 residents and visitors. Warnings span from Virginia to South Carolina as traffic floods inland and beaches ban swimming along the East Coast.
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