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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1989
Page
3
Ernst Pieper head of Salzgitter AG said many Western companies unknowingly aided the Libyan chemical weapons plant project. He declined to name firms during an interview cited by Der Spiegel.
South Africa moves to ban display of firearms by the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, the country’s most powerful white extremist group. Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok invoked emergency regulations to curb the neo Nazi group’s activities.
Barbara Tuchman a Greenwich resident and two time Pulitzer Prize winning author of sweeping histories died Monday from complications after a stroke. She was 77 and had been admitted Saturday at Greenwich Hospital with Eleanor Hannon noting the passing at 4 p m. Her latest work The First Salute traced the American and Dutch revolutions and stayed on The New York Times best seller list for over nine weeks.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, 81, was rushed to Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville Florida on Monday with an acute upper respiratory infection. He remains in stable condition while serving as a visiting judge on a three judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Florida.
Judith Richards Hope, 48, becomes the first woman named to Harvard College's governing board in 352 years. She says she did not know who nominated her after she recommended about 15 women for the vacancy left by former Time Inc. chairman Andrew Heiskell. Hope is a Harvard Law School graduate and a partner at Paul Hastings.
Soviet officials say fewer than 20,000 troops remain in Afghanistan and headed toward the border as the nine year war nears its Feb. 15 deadline. Moscow maintains some 1,000 troopers stay at Kabul airport into next week while talks with Pakistan fail to end the conflict.
Paraguay's new leader General Andres Rodriguez held a news conference promising a firm war on drugs and denying links to narcotics trafficking. He announced May 1 elections, possible candidacy under the Colorado Party, and disputed death tolls from the recent clashes. Stroessner went into exile in Brazil as Washington weighs recognition.
A 41 year old man died after his wife doused him with paint thinner and set him on fire during an argument about her alleged crack use. Jessie Tate 38 suffered burns and was charged with second degree attempted murder arson and assault. the charges may be upgraded after his death.
Senate investigator Peter MacDonald Sr. allegedly benefited when two friends Byron Brown and K Tom Tracy sold the 491000 acre Big Boquillas ranch to the Navajo Nation for 33.4 million after buying it for 26.2 million. The buyers reportedly financed the purchase with a 25 000 loan a leased BMW and 900 monthly payments. He claims the deal netted each man about five and three million respectively.
A 12 year old Bronx boy named Michael Martinez died when his father Victor Martinez 38 crashed into a divider on the Bronx River Parkway. Police said the car occupants were not belted. The driver was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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