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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1989
Page
3
In Columbus, Rep. Donald Lukens received a 30 day jail term and a $500 fine after a judge found him a sex offender for having intercourse with a 16-year-old girl last year. The judge said Lukens could not excuse his actions as being seduced by a child.
The Rev. Al Sharpton pleaded innocent to tax evasion charges in Albany while a day earlier he was accused in a separate case of stealing 250000 from his youth organization.
Beijing China senior leader Deng Xiaoping completes the purge of Zhao Ziyang once dubbed his protege after Zhao expressed sympathy for student led democratic reforms Zhao is fired from his last government post vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and removed from power
A federal jury in Camden ruled Shmuel Aboud must pay a $28,000 gambling debt from 1985 at the Golden Nugget. The panel found the casino negligent but not the cause of Aboud’s losses, limiting liability for intoxicated gamblers. The case signals potential precedent for casino liability, with Judge Cohen noting responsible conduct by establishments.
President Bush, near the Iwo Jima flag statue, urged a constitutional amendment to ban physical desecration of the United States flag. The measure, drafted by Republican leaders, would overturn a recent Supreme Court ruling that extended free speech to flag burning protests. Bush called the language stark and simple, arguing it protects flag symbolism while preserving broad free expression.
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell denied the mistrial bid after juror Tara Leigh King concealed a relative's prison record. North now faces sentencing next Wednesday, with potential fines up to 750000 dollars and a 10 year term for three felony counts.
In Warsaw Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski tells the Communist Party he will not seek the presidency and endorses Interior Minister Gen Czeslaw Kiszczak instead. The Central Committee adjourned without a vote after debate as Solidarity leaders meet to decide their stance.
Brig. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir leads a bloodless coup in Khartoum suspending the constitution and declaring a National Salvation Revolution Council to rule Sudan. A night curfew, closed airspace, and barricaded bridges isolate the capital as reports vary on Mahdi’s fate.
A Secret Service spokesman said officials cannot verify who authorized a private White House tour linked to a homosexual prostitution ring under federal probe. The Times cited lobbyist Craig Spence arranging late night visits, with one group of two male escorts among those investigated by U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens. A Reagan era records gap is noted.
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