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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1990
Page
3
The partly burned body of Robert Ouko, Kenya's foreign minister, was found Friday in a cane field about four miles from his family farm in Koru near Lake Victoria. The government said he had been murdered and President Moi indicated foul play.
AP reports that Central Asia violence drew in Uzbekistan with Armenian and Muslim clashes in Samarkand city. Interior Ministry troops were dispatched and a curfew imposed as Tadzhikistan unrest continues. In Beit Farik near the West Bank, a man accused of being an Israeli informer was killed by militants. Sam Nujoma elected Namibia's first president, set to take office on independence day March 21.
New York AP reports Keith Haring died Friday from AIDS at his home after over a year of AIDS activism and illness. Haring's subway drawings propelled his career and funded charity work while his age and impact drew broad attention.
A Walnut California couple reversed a vasectomy to conceive a baby hoping its bone marrow cells will save their 17 year old daughter Anissa from leukemia. Doctors warned the plan raises ethical concerns though the family says they pursue any option to save her.
A University of Michigan researcher argues poor teenage mothers may improve their economic outlook and child health. Arline Geronimus says younger mothers in poverty form support ties with the fathers’ families, enabling quicker independent work and potentially healthier infants. Presented at the AAAS meeting.
The December deficit fell to 7.2 billion, putting 1989’s total at 108.6 billion, the smallest in five years. Exports rose 2.4 percent to 31.1 billion while imports declined 5.9 percent to 38.3 billion helped by aircraft sales and Boeing strike settlement.
A ruptured storage tank released a flood of molasses through two blocks of Loveland Colorado forcing a kindergarten to close and blocking several businesses. Nobody was hurt but authorities treated it as a potential chemical spill until identified. A vehicle skidded on the syrup and crashed into a ditch as police investigated. The molasses thickened in the subzero air.
Linn Academy invites students of any race color national and ethnic origin to all rights and programs. It does not discriminate in administration of policies admissions policies scholarships loans or athletic or school programs.
Shells struck the Hotel Dieu hospital and the Notre Dame orphanage in Beirut as Gen. Michel Aoun’s forces pressed a tank assault against Samir Geagea’s Lebanese Forces. The hospital endured 20 direct hits and faced closure, while the orphanage warned of shutdown if shelling continued. Survivors from Ein Rummaneh withdrew to Ashrafiyeh at dusk after burning 23 bodies, police said.
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