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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1990
Page
4
Ten service members died when a U S Air Force C 5 cargo plane crashed and burned at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany while ferrying equipment to U S forces in the Persian Gulf. The crash occurred during deployment to deter Iraqi aggression.
A damaged survey of English poetry titled The Oxford Book of Light Verse by W H Auden was returned to the Corpus Christi Public Library after 50 years and six days. An unidentified man in his 30s delivered the book on Monday, shocking staff and ending a long overdue gap.
President George Bush and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney were aboard a fishing boat near Kennebunkport when a hook snagged the president’s right ear. Jeb Bush admitted personal responsibility after Barbara Bush and others questioned Mulroney. The ear was treated on site by the physician aboard.
Veteran actor Raymond St. Jacques died of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at 1 30 p.m. Monday. He was 60 and had treated for lymph gland cancer since July 30. He appeared in Roots as the drummer in 1977 and acted in Search for the Gods Secrets of Three Hungry Wives and many TV shows including MacGyver Fantasy Island Love Boat Cagney and Lacey Hunter and Starman. He spoke French and Italian.
The Pentagon estimates Operation Desert Shield will cost 2.5 billion through September, nearly double the 1.3 billion earlier estimate, due to callups of reserve and National Guard, higher ship and aircraft operations, more C 130s and carrier groups, and rising fuel costs. It will activate 14,129 personnel across services by month end, including 7,386 Air Force members and 2,236 Navy sailors.
The Commerce Department says the April to June trade gap narrowed to 22.6 billion dollars, the smallest in six years, driven by lower oil prices and higher exports. Analysts warn deficits may widen as Middle East tensions lift oil costs and threaten growth.
The California Assembly voted 60 to 4 against a proposal urging schools to describe Japanese American wartime detention as a military necessity. Only author Republican Gil Ferguson spoke for it, while eleven lawmakers argued it reopened wounds and contradicted a prior resolution calling detentions a human rights issue.
In Pontiac Michigan Richard Green 65 faces six misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty after six puppies were buried alive in his back yard. A Michigan Humane Society worker heard whimpers from the dirt and dug up the pups all survived except one died. The dogs were buried about 18 inches down and the mother lay over the graves. If convicted Green could face 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
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