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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1990
Page
3
A ferry carrying about 150 people sank in a river near Dhaka after nightfall. About 50 passengers swam to shore, but darkness halted rescue efforts and no bodies were recovered by midnight, police reported.
The American Heart Association reports more than half of women aged 55 to 74 have elevated cholesterol posing major heart attack and stroke risk. It notes by 55 women match men in high blood pressure and by 65 women are at higher risk. Also reported are 1987 death tallies with heart disease and stroke at 976,706, far surpassing cancer. Laurence J. Peter dies at 70 in Los Angeles after heart trouble and a stroke, famed for The Peter Principle. Charles Keating Jr. defends Lincoln Savings and Loan takeover on Meet the Press and says he faces a vendetta from regulators.
A discotheque fire in Zaragoza Spain released poisonous smoke that killed 43 people who were seated in a lounge listening to music. Five band members and relatives were among the victims while authorities said all victims were local residents and autopsies would determine official causes. The blaze began at about 2 40 a m from an electrical overload and was extinguished within minutes.
Dozens killed as Azerbaijan’s southern republic erupts in ethnic clashes centered in Baku. Azerbaijani mobs attacked Armenian districts, with reports of pogroms and hostage-taking amid a broader demand for a referendum on secession from the Soviet Union.
Pravda reports a senior Soviet diplomat identified as Donald was sentenced to death for passing military secrets to U.S. intelligence since 1961. He allegedly worked at the United Nations mission and Soviet embassies in Burma and India, with counterintelligence noting his risky tradecraft.
After 33 months the Buckey and McMartin Buckey case nears verdicts on 65 counts of child mistreatment and conspiracy. Jurors sent 52 sealed verdicts and a question about one defendant being guilty while the other is not. Deliberations resume after the MLK Jr. holiday with 13 verdicts still to come.
Colombia orders the arrest of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela head of the Cali cartel on U S extradition charges tied to money laundering from cocaine sales. A prior U S bid collapsed for lack of merit that he smuggled 20 tons of cocaine. Army raids target Pablo Escobar’s private drug army in Medellin.
A.J. Green, a Durham firefighter, revived two smoke-affected two-week-old kittens with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and oxygen after a house fire on November 13. He says he draws the line at reptiles and has received letters of praise from animal lovers across the country.
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