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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1989
Page
3
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze announced during a three day China visit that the two nations will hold a summit in mid May. Gorbachev will visit Beijing to meet Deng Xiaoping with the tentative date set for May 15.
In Johannesburg three anti apartheid liberal parties announced a merger to form the Democratic Party ahead of elections this year. The move aims to unite white liberals seen as fragmented while politics in the country undergoes transition. In Gaza City, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during clashes in Khan Younis. a Red Cross worker was wounded and identified relief aid worker Alexander Antonin, 30, was among those injured as the uprising continued.
Five Lebanese publications predicted on Saturday that foreign hostages in Lebanon may be freed soon. One magazine suggested two of nine missing Americans would be released. Irish Ambassador Patrick McCabe said there is a distinct possibility that hostage Brian Keenan could be freed.
Vice President Salvador Laurel returned from assessing Ferdinand Marcos and urged President Corazon Aquino to allow Marcos to die in his homeland. Aquino refused to meet him and advised conveying Marcos's messages via the press. The Soviet press reports Stalin’s terror claimed over 40 million victims.
Louis Sullivan said he would take an unpaid leave of absence from Morehouse School of Medicine to avoid conflicts while serving as health and human services secretary. He initially sought a paid leave but withdrew the request after White House questions.
President Bush and top advisers met at Camp David for more than 34 hours to discuss the savings and loan crisis. Treasury Secretary Brady Budget Director Darman and White House Chief of Staff Sununu attended, with Fed Chair Greenspan joining for lunch. No decisions were made.
The commander of U S Central Command has urged halting the $110 monthly imminent danger bonuses for sailors in the Persian Gulf. The proposal, under Joint Chiefs review, signals belief the Iran Iraq truce may hold.
British and French diplomats left Kabul after closing embassies joining a Western exodus as the last Soviet soldiers moved toward the border. A convoy of about 40 Soviet military vehicles rolled out at 3 am and a large tank column headed up the Salang Highway while Tehran Radio quoted Yuri Vorontsov predicting Soviet departure well before the February 15 deadline.
President Bush plans to ask Congress for increased funding in education environmental protection drug control and historically black colleges while using tax breaks to spur inner city development and instructing agencies to remove disability barriers. He will frame a fiscal year start Oct 1 as budget realities limit increases.
Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez called for Gen Manuel Noriegas resignation citing lack of free elections in Panama. He offered to work with the United States and Panamanian groups to restore an authentic democratic process. Opposition leaders say the remarks signal regional pressure on Noriega, who has led Panama Defence Forces beyond the 25 year limit.
Oliver W. Sipple, who tackled Sara Jane Moore’s gun attempt on President Ford in 1975, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment at 47 from natural causes. A Ford commendation hung on his wall as he faced invasions of privacy over his sexual orientation, a suit he lost against several newspapers.
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