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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1989
Page
3
Federal scientists say up to half of East Coast bottlenose dolphins died in 1987 88 after eating venomous fish tainted by brevertoxin from a persistent red tide bloom. Lead researcher Joseph Geraci notes thousands of dolphins were affected as menhaden and Spanish mackerel carried the toxin.
NASA announced a postponement of the Discovery launch from late February to mid March after shuttle managers decided to replace three suspect turbopumps. The pumps, if failed, could endanger the shuttle and crew as they convert liquid oxygen to gas in the main engines.
HUD nominee Jack Kemp accepted or agreed to return 16 000 in speaking fees and forgo 39 400 in fees not yet received after disclosing 67 350 in excess of House rules and federal law. The AP obtained the statements showing the overage by Kemp a former Buffalo congressman.
The Congressional Budget Office forecast a $120 billion deficit under Reagan's final budget, well above the Gramm Rudman target of $100 billion for the 1990 fiscal year starting in October. Reagan had claimed his plan would produce a $92.5 billion imbalance.
Troops backed by helicopter gunships clashed with Muslim rebels in Zamboanga del Sur, killing 43 people in the bloodiest fighting since the 1986 cease-fire. The toll was reported by the military on Wednesday after Tuesday's battle near Manila.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir proposed withdrawing troops from some occupied cities if Palestinians accept limited autonomy as an interim peace step. Palestinian leaders rejected the offer, insisting on a full Palestinian state.
Rebels pounded a Soviet convoy of trucks and tanks with artillery near Kabul as the Red Army exits Afghanistan. Rockets struck the capital but officials reported no injuries or deaths.
A U.S. team with 50 tons of gear heads to Punta Arenas to equip the Polar Duke and confront a four mile wide spill from the sunken Argentine ship Bahia Paraiso. Officials warn of potential "incurable disaster" if 250000 gallons of diesel leak into pristine Antarctic waters.
The EPA seeks to ban daminozide sold as Alar due to links to cancer while not declaring an emergency. The agency urges withdrawal during final rulemaking, with action likely 18 months later and possible trials lasting another 1 3 years. Uniroyal challenges the findings and resists voluntary withdrawal as Alar use remains a fraction of past levels.
President Bush approves a revamp placing the White House national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and deputy Robert Gates at the helm of top security panels. Secretary of State James Baker remains influential while John Tower slated as defense secretary, with Baker retaining a central role.
The U.S. Index of Leading Economic Indicators gained 0.6 percent in December, extending a sawtooth pattern that analysts say signals slower but sustainable growth in 1989. The 194.6 reading, up 2 percent from a year earlier, accompanies calls for restrained inflation and possible Fed easing later.
Federal investigators for the first time attributed cocaine use by pilot Stephen Silver as a contributing factor in the Jan 19 1988 Colorado commuter crash. Silver and co pilot Ralph Harvey were killed as the Trans Colorado aircraft descended toward Durango while cocaine was found in the pilot’s blood and urine.
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