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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1990
Page
3
A man received life in prison and a woman life imprisonment for the brutal mistreatment of the girlfriend’s 4 year old son, who was beaten burned injured pinned and hanged in a closet. Judge Getty condemned the cruelty and warned of harsher penalties.
California Assembly narrowly passes a measure sent to Governor Deukmejian to require a 15 day waiting period for long gun purchases. Law enforcement would check criminal and mental histories before sale, a procedure reportedly unique in the nation.
Gen Michel Aouns gunners fire fifty shells a minute into East Beirut killing and displacing residents. Fires rage as water pumps are knocked out by artillery, hindering firefighting efforts. In Madrid Argentina and Britain agree to restore full diplomatic relations after eight years since the Falklands War.
A federal judge blocked the press and public from the Los Angeles courtroom where Ronald Reagan will testify, while ordering the Iran Contras tape released after editing for national security. The ruling upheld the decision to use taped testimony and kept access limited pending redactions. The hearing involved John Poindexter seeking excerpts from Reagan diaries and executive privilege arguments.
U S Defense Chief Dick Cheney and South Korea’s Lee Sang Hoon announced a sweeping reorganization of the 37 year old security pact. The United States will relinquish major commands to Korean officers and withdraw up to 7000 non combat troops over three years as Seoul gains lead in the alliance.
A paratrooper Pvt. Michael Loeb 21 of Semsbach West Germany dangled unconscious for 20 minutes from a West German C-160 during a NATO Array Encounter drill near Bardufoss Norway. He was treated for frostbite and shock, with a cord from his kit tangled in the plane. The aircraft flew at 150 mph about 960 feet above ground.
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