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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1989
Page
3
Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci has approved a commission’s recommendation to close dozens of U.S. military bases. Pentagon officials say the move, seen as expected, will be announced at a press conference amid a final Capitol Hill debate.
The government ordered computer card systems be installed at the busiest terminals by early 1991 to prevent access to restricted areas. In total 270 airports must install either banking style card systems or equivalent security measures to boost airport safety.
The Congressional Budget Office warned that without new taxes or spending cuts the federal deficit will be 141 billion dollars next year, 14 billion higher than White House projections. It cautioned the deficit would fall only gradually in coming years unless policymakers act.
Federal prosecutors seek Barry telephone records as part of an investigation into efforts to halt a police drug probe. Barry may meet with investigators this week. spokesman Richard Blake says no comment and no plan to talk yet.
Gustav Jerry Hasford, co writer of the Full Metal Jacket screenplay, received six months in jail and five years probation after stealing nearly 750 books from nine libraries. He was taken from the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court in handcuffs.
A federal appeals court panel denied Oliver Norths bid to suppress prosecutors access to a summary of his classified proposed testimony. The panel dissolved a temporary stay and refused to bar Judge Gesell from sharing the summary with independent counsel Walsh. The denial preserves the Jan 31 trial date.
The White House said the United States will participate in a 1991 human rights conference in Moscow and will reassess if the Soviet Union backslides on reform. The Moscow event follows Paris in 1990 and Copenhagen in 1990.
Bethlehem mayor Elias Freij withdraws the proposed truce after warnings from Yasser Arafat and death threats scrawled on walls. Arafat rejects calls to halt the uprising and warns against responsible Palestinians seeking a stoppage.
In an interview with Polityka, Lech Walesa predicts authorities will reinstate his union one way or another after martial law. The full page piece appeared in the 400,000 circulation weekly’s Jan 7 edition and sold out quickly at a Warsaw newsstand.
In Dryfesdale Church Lockerbie mourners and officials heard Right Rev. James Whyte condemn retaliation and urge justice. Prime Minister Thatcher attended as Whyte warned against vengeance and cautioned that truth will be hard to prove in court after the bombing that killed 259 aboard and 11 residents on the ground.
Public Citizen urged Congress to grant the EPA power to certify radon test kits and laboratories after tests by seven large labs showed high error rates. Air Check Barringer Laboratories and Douglas Martin & Associates posted significant inaccuracies, prompting vows for better accreditation and quality controls.
President elect Bush announced to a joint session of Congress the official electoral tally declaring George Bush Texas 426 votes to Michael Dukakis 111. Lloyd Bentsen received one protest vote as the session certified the results and Bush called Quayle with the news.
A parolee stormed the Riverhouse in Loveland holding 20 hostages. He demanded a car and asked for boots before a sniper shot him as police closed in. Two officers were wounded and a hostage was killed during the hours long siege. Barbara Strozzi blamed Vietnam War trauma for her husband’s actions.
Police say parts including a severed head were found and reassembled to identify the murder victim as 22 year old Anthony Patrick Michalowski of Pittsburgh. Authorities report the head and body parts were found in locations east of Pittsburgh after a December death.
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