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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1987
Page
5
Coast Guard officials say a spreading oil spill has fouled more than 30 miles of beaches on Oahu. Pollution inspector Richard Vlaun notes the current sweeps oil north around the island and warns it has affected an awful lot of beach. The towing company hired 40 workers to clean the spill, but progress remains slow.
U S Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter and EC negotiator Willy de Clercq failed to resolve a bitter trade dispute but pledged to try again before the January 30 tariff deadline on certain European goods. In Hershey Pennsylvania state treasurer Budd Dwyer, who killed himself, was praised by his widow at a memorial for his honesty and devotion despite his bribery conviction.
A car bomb exploded behind a hotel housing foreign journalists covering a Muslim leaders summit in Kuwait. No casualties reported. Security officials blamed pro Iranian extremists aiming to disrupt the meeting opening Monday amid Iran's boycott of the OIC summit.
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appoints Vishwanath Pratap Singh 56 as defense minister amid Pakistan troop buildup along the 1,836 mile border. Officials say both nations seek peace through dialogue while India deploys troops in Punjab and surrounding states. Gandhi warned the frontier situation was alarming.
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov urged a wide amnesty to signal real human rights change in the USSR after an emotional reunion with his stepson. He cited the death of Anatoly Marchenko and noted ongoing contradictions while praising beginnings of reform.
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