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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1988
Page
3
An explosion and raging fire on the Piper Alpha oil rig 120 miles off northeast Scotland injure at least 25 workers. The Royal Air Force Rescue Center says the rig is an inferno as crews battle the blaze aboard the North Sea installation.
Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and Pentagon officials briefed House and Senate members behind closed doors on the Navy downing of an Iranian jetliner. Lawmakers backed the commander but called several details confusing and unmet questions remain.
In Hayward California a woman Mary Bergamasco, 29, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor child abuse for tying her son's hands, taping a pig nose, and displaying him on the apartment porch with a taunting sign. The incident occurred June 28 and the boy was seven. The father said the punishment was meant to curb his alleged thefts.
Beijing officials note increased frankness in Chinese cinema with more explicit sex and violence prompting government discussion of a rating system to limit access for younger viewers.
A federal whistle blower suit filed in San Jose accuses Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. workers of misusing government computers for a football pool and Bible transcription. The suit, under the False Claims Act, cites private airplane construction at public expense and long idle periods awaiting security clearances on NSA related work.
King County police reopen the 1968 death of Mary Lou Paisley, wife of former Navy official Melvyn Paisley, citing inconsistencies between his account and autopsy findings. Authorities say the autopsy shows no trace of alcohol, sleeping pills, or carbon tetrachloride in her blood, though Paisley described a night involving a drink and pills.
About 4,000 workers from the Borovo rubber and shoe plant invaded the Federal Parliament in Belgrade demanding higher wages and changes to economic policy. Police evicted them after a half hour in the lobby. no injuries reported. Negotiations were promised by Ivo Latin with protesters waiting in heat after eviction.
GOP nominee hopeful George Bush promises to name a Hispanic to his Cabinet if elected president. He does not make the same pledge for blacks, women, or other minorities. The pledge drew mixed reactions from LULAC members and Democrats, including Tony Bonilla who called it patronizing.
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