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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1990
Page
3
Mississippi born fashion designer Patrick Kelly died in a Paris hospital after a bone marrow disease and a brain tumor. Martine Planterose said he passed away Monday, at age 35, as Kelly's business confirms the death.
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front says its fighters seized Jihar after a fierce Sunday offensive. The group has fought since 1974 to oust Mengistu Haile Mariam's Marxist government and advance toward the capital.
Federal Judge Lucius Bunton orders nonpartisan special elections in May for about a third of Texas district judges. He finds at large elections diluted minority voting power in nine counties after previous rulings, citing inaction by the governor and Legislature.
The State Department's deputy secretary visited Panama for talks on economic recovery after two years of decline. President Bush announced Deane Hinton would replace Arthur Davis as U S ambassador to Panama. Noriega talks and Vatican mediation were under discussion with Col Gen Noriega in Panama City. The OAS agreed to seat Endara era nominee Lawrence Chewning Fabrega as ambassador. Eagleburger led a delegation to study Panama's recovery plans and suggest U S aid.
Rep. Robert Garcia of New York announces he will quit his House seat with sentencing set for January 19 after he and his wife were convicted in October of extorting 178000 dollars in cash loans and jewelry from Wedtech Corp. The six term Bronx congressman cited unresolved legal issues and said he could not fully carry out his duties.
In Jerusalem the Likud and Labor factions averted a government split by suspending science minister Ezer Weizman from core decision making for 18 months while he remains in the government. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir may readmit him to the inner cabinet after the period.
The interim government said about 60 close associates of Nicolae Ceausescu were imprisoned and further punishments would target all evildoers from the old regime. It also noted efforts to sanction Ceausescu family members and revealed details on the late Deputy Foreign Minister Corneliu Bogdan.
Former President Ronald Reagan, backed by the Bush administration, asks Judge Harold Greene to spare him from testifying in the Iran Contra trial of John Poindexter. He argues no president has been forced to testify in person about official actions, while Poindexter seeks Reagan’s unique, valuable testimony and access to excerpts of his presidential diaries.
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