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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1989
Page
3
Ken Harada, head of Japan's Economic Planning Agency, resigns after reports he received regular political donations from Recruit Co. He becomes the third Cabinet minister in under two months linked to the stock trading affair.
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin mulls new measures to curb the uprising including barring rioters from entering Israel. In the West Bank, a Palestinian teenager was killed during a pre-dawn raid and at least 18 Palestinians were shot in clashes with Israeli troops.
In Moscow mountain villages, villagers held endless funeral processions for quake victims as rescuers slogged through muddy rubble seeking survivors. Officials say up to 1000 may have died in the Tadzhikistan earthquake.
White House officials and leading Republicans expressed confidence that Dr. Louis Sullivan would remain Bush’s choice for health secretary and be confirmed by the Senate. Sen. Gordon Humphrey said conservatives were upset but would not oppose Sullivan’s nomination.
In Buenos Aires, armed civilians surrender to the army after a one day assault on the 3rd Infantry Regiment base in La Tablada. At least 35 people died and scores were wounded as government forces retook the camp. Alfonsin vowed a national security council and called the assailants ultra leftists.
President Bush met with Democratic and Republican leaders to start weekly budget talks ahead of the April 15 deficit plan deadline. He also met UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar and announced a Canada trip for February 10 before a Tokyo journey for Emperor Hirohito's funeral.
Boston doctors report a 60 year old New England man contracted AIDS from oral sex with a sex worker, the first medical literature case of female to male transmission via oral activity. The man had diabetes and long marriage. the prostitute used IV drugs.
Iowa posted a 7.1 percent rise in non-farm income for the year ending September 1988, placing it 34th nationwide. The report notes Nevada led with 12.9 percent growth, while Wyoming and other energy states posted the weakest gains. Regional gains varied with New England at 8.9 percent and the Far West at 8.7 percent.
Democratic senators and Republican Senator Orrin Hatch introduced a revised 2.5 billion child care package aimed at winning support. The bill seeks to expand affordable quality care, increase federal aid to states, and set basic health safety and staff standards while negotiating financing details.
In Lima, rescuers pulled three miners from a Sol de Oro mine cave in near Nazca Peru amid reports of up to 200 men trapped. Officials blamed saboteurs and poor maintenance for the collapse as rescue efforts faced earth, smoke and gas hazards.
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