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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1988
Page
3
Poland's interior minister Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak announced a proposal for direct negotiations with various social groups and workers' representatives to ease labor unrest since martial law. The move could reopen contact with the outlawed Solidarity trade union.
Independent counsel Alexia Morrison said she would not seek indictment of Theodore Olson. Olson faced accusations of lying to Congress during a 1982-83 confrontation over Reagan era toxic waste site handling. Morrison's ruling follows a Supreme Court decision she earned earlier this summer.
Four Yonkers city councilmen refused to alter their votes against a housing desegregation plan after a federal appeals court upheld contempt fines. The court ordered fines up to 1 million dollars per day for the city and 500 dollars per day plus possible jail for the four councilmen who defied a federal judge’s order to approve the legislation.
Federal court documents unsealed in Los Angeles detail allegations that more than 2,000 counterfeit ball bearings, about the size of golf balls, were installed in Boeing 737 747 and 757 jets since July 1 1986. The bearings allegedly affect gear boxes pilot control systems and trim tabs raising safety concerns. Torrington Co. sued Alliance Bearing Industries for counterfeit and racketeering, and federal marshals seized records during a raid on August 2.
Indiana records show Dan Quayle did not hold the Indiana Consumer Protection Division chief investigator post for two years. He says the resume entry was inaccurate and staff wrote it.
Bush accused Dukakis of soft crime policies while defending his running mate Dan Quayle at a rally in eastern Texas. He cited the Reagan drug program and criticized Dukakis for vetoing mandatory sentencing and opposing capital punishment for drug kingpins as he urged strong local law enforcement.
A 30 000 acre forest fire near Yellowstone threatens Cooke City and Silver Gate with possible evacuation. Park rangers guided convoys of tourists through roads closed by fires as authorities monitor ten blazes totaling about 400 000 acres within the park and a 36 000 acre Absaroka Beartooth blaze outside the north east entrance menacing nearby communities.
Tass reports new Soviet regulations enable farmers to rent state land for up to 50 years and to buy tractors and equipment. Private farmers may hire workers if wages meet or exceed state enterprise levels, signaling a shift toward private farming within reform era policies.
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