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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1988
Page
3
UNICEF warns half a million children died last year as Third World governments cut social welfare to cope with debt. Executive director James Grant urges a summit of industrialized and developing nations to tackle the crisis.
Argentine army navy and air force chiefs resigned after opposition charges that the army commander struck a deal with mutineers to end a four day revolt this month. The resignations complicate President Raul Alfonsin's May 14 election campaign and the military’s role in politics.
Kremlin officials ended direct supervision of earthquake relief as Armenia shifts to rebuilding. The Politburo commission led by Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov returned to Moscow after visiting disaster areas, signaling the end of rescue efforts and the start of long term reconstruction.
Tokyo and Moscow closed two days of talks with no progress on a territorial dispute over four islands seized after World War II. Edouard Shevardnadze and Sosuke Uno led discussions that stalled normalization despite initial optimism and other agenda items.
Police linked overnight attacks to fur trade activists. Fire gutted Dingles in Plymouth and caused damage at Selfridges and Harrods in London. Howell's in Cardiff was set, Rackhams in Birmingham evacuated.
In Beirut the International Committee of the Red Cross pulled 17 workers from Lebanon after death threats. Swiss delegates left West Beirut for the Christian east and boarded a ferry to Larnaca Cyprus, then planned flights to Switzerland. A spokesman declined to identify the source of threats.
Warner Communications confirms purchase of the rights to the happy birthday song and the New Jersey publisher owner in a deal reported to be worth about 25 million dollars. Geoffrey Holmes says the company is proceeding but did not confirm the price.
Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that Dearborn’s ordinance barring nonresidents from city parks violates constitutional bans on racial discrimination and unreasonable searches. The NAACP and ACLU challenged the 1985 voter adoption of the rule in a 3 0 decision.
Senate investigators led by Grassley and Proxmire allege a wide scale bribery network in which consultants acquire weapons secrets and sell them to defense clients who use the information to win Pentagon contracts. The report cites up to 25 companies and notes gaps in enforcement by Defense and Justice departments.
Inflation eased to 3 percent annual in November while third quarter growth also slowed to 3 percent, easing fears of a wage price spiral. Clothing prices fell 0.3 percent after a fall and winter fashion spike, food prices held steady, and analysts called the report amazing for showing no inflation at the consumer level amid a tight labor market.
The NTSB ruled the flight crew's inadequate supervision of cargo loading caused the 1987 Homer Alaska Beech 1900 C crash that killed 18. Cargo weighed 2100 pounds rearward, pushing the plane out of control on approach. The report urges faster FAA action on tougher seat standards for commuter airliners.
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