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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1990
Page
6
At least three U S sailors died in a hotel fire near Subic Bay in Olongapo. A Filipino woman also perished. One victim was linked to the USS Ranger, part of a convoy en route to the Persian Gulf.
In West Bengal, two boats capsized on the Jalmagi river after a collision. At least 43 died, including 32 schoolchildren, and about 120 were rescued, authorities said. An oarsman reportedly lost control amid the river’s turbulence.
Tens of thousands rioted in Chita after Tass reported a New Year alcohol shortage. They blocked traffic, lit bonfires, and protested the ban as residents grew fed up with spirit shortages.
Officials void five small town results in Yucatan state and order new voting. The Electoral College also declared the opposition PAN winner in Dzan. Opposition parties accuse the PRI of widespread fraud in the Nov 25 elections. earlier results had given the PRI wins in all but a few of 106 municipalities.
Two Ghardaia desertion-hijackers released a Boeing 737 hostages and surrendered after a two day standoff in Algeria. The Air Algerie flight from Ghardaia to Algiers landed in Annaba before dawn. Interior Minister Saleh Mohammedi said the hijackers will be prosecuted.
Hundreds of Albanians crossed into Greece from Filiates in what authorities called the largest one day exodus yet as Albania promises reforms. Police noted large village groups streaming across with around 500 protesters seeking political asylum and as many as 3,000 more expected tonight along the 100 mile frontier.
Greece will not proceed with pardons for leaders of the 1967 74 military regime. The decision came after broad political backlash from conservatives socialists and leftists in Greece and Cyprus. Prime Minister Mitsotakis had proposed pardons on humanitarian grounds drawing opposition from Papandreou and others.
In Moscow the tent city beside the Rossiya Hotel near the Kremlin was dismantled over the weekend. Police cleared roughly a dozen squatters who camped in plastic and cardboard shacks for five months amid social upheaval sparked by Gorbachev reforms. Some were bused to police centers or given tickets home. Police cited sanitation violations as the official reason.
The London based AP report says Salman Rushdie, in hiding for nearly two years, plans a trip to Egypt early next year at the invitation of Muslim scholars. He would meet scholars amid threats from Iranian religious leaders over The Satanic Verses and has announced embracing Islam and opposing further translations and a paperback edition.
The Communist Party adopts a cautious economic and social plan for the 1990s emphasizing stability and self reliance. It urges steadiness to avoid big ups and downs, postpones draft Five and Ten Year Plans, and signals a government to map targets for agriculture basic industries infrastructure and defense.
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