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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1990
Page
3
China and Indonesia agreed to resume relations suspended 23 years ago over Beijing’s alleged coup support. Li Peng will visit Jakarta to mark the revival with ties officially restarting on August 8.
NTSB faulted captain Michael Martin for cockpit confusion and rudder mispositioning during takeoff. The Boeing 737-400 skidded off a La Guardia runway into the East River, killing two of 63 aboard.
In Bensonhurst a juror verdict acquitted John Vento on a murder count tied to a racial attack but left unresolved another murder count and a riot charge. Vento was convicted on two counts of unlawful imprisonment and four counts of menacing for the Yusuf Hawkins assault. two other white youths were convicted in Hawkins death. Vento faces a September retrial on the remaining charges.
Ye gor Ligachev and Eduard Shevardnadze faced off on day two of the 28th Communist Party Congress. Ligachev defended Marxist Leninist doctrine and private property limits while Shevardnadze urged Western opening and universal human values.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Survey across 36 states finds Kentucky has the highest smoking rate at 34 percent while Wisconsin reports 28 percent overweight and 25 percent binge drinking. Iowa ranks low for sedentary behavior and drunken driving is flagged in Wisconsin.
Saudi interior minister said seven people tumbling from a bridge outside Mecca triggered a stampede that killed 1,426 pilgrims inside a packed air conditioned tunnel linking Mecca with Mina. The heat reached 112 degrees as crowds surged and others fell.
Rasheeda Moore, key witness in Mayor Marion Barry's drug and perjury case, testifies that Barry refused to renew a city contract after she declined a sexual act. She also cites cocaine addiction affecting work and notes protection program involvement and threats.
Embattled President Samuel Doe reportedly agrees in principle to resign if his safety and that of the Krahn minority are guaranteed. Rebels clash with government forces in Monrovia suburbs as Charles Taylor’s faction pursues vengeance amid U.S. naval evacuation options and Marines offshore.
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