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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1988
Page
3
A private panel led by ex defense secretaries urges at least two year budgets for defense and streamlined procurement within the four services to curb political meddling and improve taxpayer value. The recommendations echo prior calls for budget stability and efficiency across the past decade.
Two blasts wreck a home for immigrant workers in Cagnes sur Mer killing one Romanian immigrant and wounding 12. Police say evidence links the blasts to Jewish extremists, with Masada tracts found amid rubble.
The Likud bloc and Labor Party settled differences to form a coalition government after seven weeks of post election haggling. The pact would curb influence of religious and right wing parties and keep Shamir as head of government, similar to the prior four year arrangement.
The State Department warned Libya is capable of producing chemical weapons and near full scale production. Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley urged nations to cut tech to Libya led by Muammar Gaddafi, noting Japan severed ties with a Libyan facility. Bremer cited Libya ties to terrorist groups and willingness to share weapons as core concerns.
NASA unveiled a plan to build a manned lunar observatory and send crews to Phobos or Mars by the early next century. The blueprint, tied to Reagan space policy, envisions four scenarios with Moon basing serving as a stepping stone and requires modest funding through the 1990s.
Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa led early results with 53 percent of votes as 53 of 182 stations counted. Attacks by Sinhalese extremists killed 15 people, yet voting continued with 42.6 percent turnout in reporting districts. Bandaranaike trailed with 41 percent. Sri Lanka has 9.3 million registered voters.
Robert Berdella, already jailed for one murder, pleaded guilty to five counts of torture and murder committed between 1984 and 1987. He received multiple life terms without parole, with bodies reportedly discarded in curbside bags. Police described brutal killings involving binding, gagging and animal tranquilizers.
The five Americans killed when a DC-7 was shot down by Polisario guerrillas over the Sahara were handed to U.S. officials in Algiers and flown to Torrejon Spain for forensic examination before family return. They worked for T G Aviation of Chandler under a U S AID locust-spraying contract.
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