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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1989
Page
3
Libya will hand over the body of a U.S. pilot killed in the 1986 attack on Tripoli to a Vatican representative. The body believed to be Capt. Paul Lorence was to be delivered through the Holy See which agreed to mediate for humanitarian reasons.
An Armenian journalist reports the Soviet government will place Nagorno Karabakh under direct Moscow rule to defuse ethnic violence. The move ends 65 years of Azerbaijani control while keeping the territory formally within Azerbaijan.
Beijing diplomats say China and Vietnam will meet at vice foreign minister level in Beijing within months, signaling a breakthrough after more than a decade of hostility. Talks could occur as early as next month to advance normal relations.
Investigators examined engines from the crashed Boeing 737-400 and found no faults in the engine warning systems. The engines were recovered from an embankment beside a freeway near Kegworth and moved to East Midlands Airport for checks by British Midland and other operators.
NASA announced it will no longer carry non-astronauts or non-essential passengers on the space shuttle following the Challenger disaster. The policy change ends past accommodations including a Saudi prince and various lawmakers aboard shuttle flights.
The Hazeltine Corp and two former executives were suspended from bidding on or receiving new federal contracts after the firm's guilty plea in a defense contract fraud probe. The suspension bars the company and the individuals from doing business with any executive-branch agency during pending legal proceedings.
Junhan Yun, 48, a Korean-American businessman from Short Hills, was arrested in Newark on a federal complaint accusing him of conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act. He allegedly sought to ship sarin nerve gas bombs to abroad, possibly Iran, as part of an international export plot.
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said new documents may reveal West German companies helped Libya build what Washington calls a chemical weapons plant near Rabta south of Tripoli. NBC cited Libyan officials seeking cleanup help from Imhausen-Chemie after a August spill.
The 1986 Tax Reform Act will cost the U S government about 24.4 billion in the current year and 20.3 billion in fiscal 1990, defying prior expectations that it would not affect the deficit. Treasury estimates show growing revenue losses, complicating Gramm Rudman targets and prompting calls for deep cuts or new taxes.
Harvard researchers report whites in Massachusetts are more likely than blacks to receive coronary bypasses and cardiac catheterizations among hospital heart patients even after adjusting for income age sex and insurance. The study notes potential causes include physician patient interactions and preferences while urging further analysis. The JAMA issue also cites improved but still unequal access to care for blacks since the 1960s.
Community calendar notes literacy line updates and hotline numbers. St Luke's Healthlines features health advisories while United Way updates share volunteer opportunities and agency contacts.
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