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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1990
Page
3
The FDA announced a nationwide milk survey found no antibiotic residues including sulfa drugs. The 14 city study found no sulfamethazine or other potentially dangerous drugs in milk, contradicting earlier newspaper sponsored tests and using current technology.
President Bush says the Soviet challenge remains real as he defends a budget proposal to fund billions more for nuclear weapons programs. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater says the trip to California Nebraska and Ohio will center on defense issues.
Eastern Airlines agrees to hire back 215 unionized flight attendants by April 1 in return for the union dropping a lawsuit over jobs held by 215 recruits hired during last year’s strike. Separately, Richard Secord seeks to delay or void his plea bargain, potentially facing all 12 charges.
In Johannesburg the Conservative Party urged white South Africans to resist President de Klerk's left wing announcements. Party leader Andries Treurnicht warned of the "hour of truth" as the party seeks a permit for a February 15 mass march in Pretoria to start a freedom struggle against black majority rule.
Miguel Angel Calderon, son of a former president, defeats Carlos Manuel Castillo as the National Liberation Party leader secures about 51 percent to Castillo's 47 after polls close. In Berlin, East Germany's Parliament adds eight pro democracy cabinet members, reducing Communist share to under half of 36 seats.
Gen. Michel Aoun's tanks breached a Christian militia stronghold and moved toward Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea's command post in Ein Rummaneh. Shelling continues on hospitals, schools, and churches as fires rage from destroyed fuel and water facilities. Geagea vows resistance. Aoun commands about 20,000 Christian troops seeking control of the 310-square-mile enclave housing about 1 million Christians.
Anchorage prosecutors say Joseph Hazelwood spent seven hours in a bar the day before the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound. They argue he left the bridge while inexperienced crew piloted through treacherous waters, risking a much larger spill. The defense counters Hazelwood remained calm and acted to stabilize the vessel.
A National Transportation Safety Board study of 182 interstate crashes involving 186 trucks found that one third of dead drivers had used cocaine, marijuana, alcohol or stimulants. The report, the most detailed on substance abuse in trucking, may influence ongoing court challenges to random drug tests for drivers.
President Bush called for a cautious response to climate change urging a middle path between environmental and economic concerns. He backed thoughtful action without new specific measures and avoided the phrase global warming, focusing on climate change.
A Manchester dentist, Neil Sarah, was acquitted of indecently assaulting seven women after a judge ruled the sedative Valium given as a relaxant could have caused fantasies. The jury was instructed to acquit despite the women’s accounts, with the judge noting their memories might be unreal experiences.
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