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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1990
Page
3
In New Orleans Sidney Barthelemy 47 wins a decisive majority in a four man field to secure a second term and sixth straight victory avoiding a runoff. His challenger Donald Mintz 46 resigns from the dock board to run. The victory follows a bitter race marked by prejudice and calls for unity.
A teenage girl who became the first human recipient of the IntraVascular Oxygenator remained in critical condition Sunday at LDS Hospital. She received the device during a two hour operation Friday afternoon as doctors used the compact fiber bundle to mimic lung oxygenation.
Winnie Mandela said Nelson Mandela would demand repeal of the state of emergency and other reforms before agreeing to leave prison. She noted obstacles after a five hour visit at Victor Verster Prison. In Yugoslavia, Slovenia's liberal Communists split from the national party, rejecting the ruling institution amid reform disputes and tensions with Serbia.
Defense Secretary Cheney defends funding of the MX and Midgetman missile programs and Europe troop levels, saying U S military capability and not intentions govern Soviet threats. He fights calls from Congress for deeper cuts as Baker prepares to meet Gorbachev on new arms reductions.
Guerrillas armed with guns and grenades attacked a bus carrying about 30 Israeli tourists in the desert near Cairo. Eight dead and 17 wounded as attackers claimed responsibility on behalf of a new group. The bus was en route from Rafah to Cairo when it was ambushed near Ismailiya.
Costa Ricans vote in the 10th peaceful election to choose a successor to Oscar Arias. Rafael Angel Calderon of the Social Christian Party leads exit polls over Carlos Manuel Castillo of the National Liberation Party. Turnout is expected above 80 percent in a race marked by populist campaigning and a drug trafficking scandal impact on Castillo. The OAS praised Costa Rica’s democracy but will deploy only four observers.
The Chicago Title survey shows median national home prices up 6.4 percent in 1989 to 129 800 while median household income for buyers rose 6.3 percent to 58 700. The gap between income gains and price increases widened over 14 years, with two income couples saving a record 2.9 years for a down payment.
The Justice Department said about 9.7 million people were confined in locally administered jail cells during the year ended June 30, 1988, with 9.6 million released. The jail population totaled 343,569, or 144 per 100000 Americans, up 20 percent since 1983.
Tornadoes ripped central Alabama near Birmingham injuring five people and damaging about 150 homes and 15 businesses in Fultondale. National Weather Service notes at least four tornadoes. Meanwhile Portland Maine reports 16 inches of snow with other Northeast towns buried under heavy snowfall and record low temperatures across the nation.
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