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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1990
Page
3
Haitian military authorities arrested Antoine Izmery, a leading importer, and restricted radio broadcasts to officially approved news. Relatives say police warned of deportation as the nation’s media landscape tightens under the regime.
A military transport plane crashed and exploded in the hills west of Caracas shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning, killing all 24 people aboard, authorities said.
Two Blue Angels jets collided during a training exercise near El Centro California with one aircraft crashing into the mountains. The F A 18 pilot ejected safely. El Centro Naval Air Facility confirmed the incident between 11 a.m. and noon about 20 miles northwest of El Centro. In Boston Massachusetts the state Board of Education approved rules eliminating undergraduate education majors and requiring teachers to focus on subject mastery and obtain a master's degree for certification.
Allen Collins, rock guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, died of pneumonia after years of health battles following a 1977 plane crash and a 1986 drunken driving accident which left him paralyzed. He was 37 and had been hospitalized since September at Memorial Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. In a separate note from Washington, DC, a survey of Democratic leaders showed 13 of 51 respondents backing Bill Bradley for the 1992 nomination, with 45 of 51 remaining anonymous.
Nelson Mandela could be asked to mediate between the government and the outlawed African National Congress after his release from prison. Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee indicated the question is now when and under what circumstances he would be freed, as Parliament politics and anti apartheid actions unfold. Protests erupted in Cape Town and Johannesburg with police dispersal using rubber bullets tear gas and water cannon as students clash with authorities.
CIA Director William Webster told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Eastern Europe's push for democracy has cut the Soviet threat to the West and that a continued diminution is likely. He noted Moscow's weakened control as Eastern bloc links change, while warning the USSR is upgrading its strategic forces.
Mosow reports extremists ambushed a military convoy in Azerbaijan killing two reserve soldiers and a woman bystander. The death toll rose to 170 amid ethnic violence between Armenians and Azerbaijanis with negotiations but little progress. Soviet media warn Azerbaijan is on the edge of anarchy as unrest continues in Baku and the Caspian port remained blocked.
FBI investigators probed a septic tank near Enterprise Alabama as they seek the old manual typewriter linked to letters signed Americans for a Competent Federal Judiciary claiming responsibility for the December mail bombs that killed federal judge Robert Vance and an Alabama city alderman. No arrests or charges were reported.
The Pentagon said it did not find cocaine in a guest house used by General Noriega. Spokesman Bob Hall stated the substance was not cocaine though he could not identify it with certainty. A Panama official noted the material came wrapped in banana peels and was linked to voodoo practices.
In Illinois researchers survey owls across fields and forests to analyze pellets and diet. Rep. Ted Leverenz questions the 180000 dollar funding, calling for an end to the project while scientists argue the work reveals environmental impacts on prey and owl health.
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