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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1990
Page
3
The Romanian government cancelled a national referendum on banning the Communist Party and restoring the death penalty, pledging to keep capital punishment illegal and allowing the Communist Party to remain legal, following large protests a week earlier.
Health Secretary Louis Sullivan condemns R.J. Reynolds plan to test market a cigarette aimed at blacks calling it a “culture of cancer” and urges cancellation of Uptown tests set to begin February 5 in Philadelphia. A federal judge rules New York truth in testing law unenforceable against copyright for the Medical College Admission Test.
The Defense Ministry called up 29 000 reserve troops to quell ethnic clashes in the Cauca sus region amid at least 66 deaths and 220 injuries. Armenians evacuated from Baku as Azerbaijani mobs seized weapons and rampaged. Gorbachev defended emergency measures while warning violence has deep roots.
Police arrested Kazumi Tajiri, sub chief of the Seiki Juku group, after the 67 year old Nagasaki mayor Hitoshi Motoshima was shot near City Hall. Motoshima, who had refused to retract his critical remarks about Emperor Hirohito, underwent two hours of surgery and was reported in critical but not yet out of danger.
President Bush denounces Moynihan's proposed rollback of the Social Security payroll tax as a charade that would require higher taxes or reduced benefits. He pledges not to burden older Americans. Vice President Quayle labels the plan a political trap and calls it subterfuge for a general tax increase.
An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 colliding with a Beechcraft King Air 100 on a runway at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport killed one and injured another aboard the smaller plane. The King Air carried no other passengers. the Eastern jet had no injuries.
A Science journal study challenges current U S asbestos removal policy, arguing that leaving asbestos in place poses fewer risks than removal. It finds low level chrysotile exposure is less harmful than assumed and that removal mainly endangers workers without significantly protecting occupants.
A study of 744 Michigan residents finds 62 percent of married women over 60 who drink coffee report sexual activity versus 40 percent of nondrinkers. Among men over 60, 36 percent of coffee drinkers vs 59 percent of non drinkers report activity, sparking questions about causation and lifestyle.
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