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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1988
Page
3
A fire gutted half of a small Chicago apartment building early Tuesday, killing seven people including three children. Investigators treated the blaze as arson though the cause was not yet determined, authorities said.
In New York AP reports that monitoring uterine contractions in the seventh month identifies about 70 percent of women who will bear premature infants. Dr. Michael Katz of the Children's Hospital of San Francisco says the data can make prematurity a preventable event and drugs may prevent many early births.
The Senate approved bill to place the Veterans Administration in the president's Cabinet by an 84-11 vote. The House backed similar legislation last November after President Reagan's push. Negotiators will resolve minor differences between the two bills.
Jenny Nicholson says Union County commissioners named her official astrologer seriously but quit Tuesday amid the uproar. She spoke from her La Grande home about feeling mocked and made to look foolish.
The Nagorno-Karabakh legislature unanimously approved secession from Azerbaijan and union with Armenia, renaming the enclave the Artsakh Autonomous Region of Armenia. The move defies central Moscow authority and tests Kremlin tolerance toward ethnic minority rights.
In Moscow the Soviet Union launched its second Mars mission in a week. A Proton booster blasted orange flames as Phobos II lifted off from Central Asia on a 111 million mile voyage. Arrival expected in January.
Two U S Army scout helicopters answered a distress call from the Hong Kong owned Universal Monarch and exchanged rockets fire with two Iranian speedboats in the northern Persian Gulf. No casualties reported as crews fought a fire aboard the tanker near the Khafji fields.
Greek authorities released photos of three men and a woman allegedly involved in the City of Poros attack. Officials say the gunmen may have been pro Iranian Arabs aiming to hijack the vessel, which carried 471 foreign tourists on a one day island cruise. Death toll ranges from nine to ten with about 98 injured amid conflicting reports.
Richard Thornburgh, Reagan’s pick to replace Edwin Meese as attorney general, said he would follow the evidence from the independent counsel’s 14 month Meese inquiry. He noted he has no knowledge of the evidence and would not predict action. Thornburgh spoke with Reagan at the White House as the nomination moves toward Senate approval.
Joshua Logan, famed for South Pacific Annie Get Your Gun and Mister Roberts, died Tuesday at his Manhattan home after a long illness. He directed many postwar musical successes and led Annie Get Your Gun which opened May 16 1946 and ran for 1147 performances.
The House voted 374 to 39 to authorize a nine member independent commission to identify bases for closure. The Defense Department says savings could reach 2 to 5 billion dollars annually, but base closures threaten jobs. President Reagan would decide by January 16 on a full list, with Congress able to block the plan by majority vote in both chambers.
President Reagan announced expulsion of Nicaragua's ambassador Carlos Tannermann and seven other Nicaraguan diplomats in retaliation for the U S removal of eight diplomats from Managua. The move signals deeper U S Nicaragua tensions and influences debates on arming rebels in Nicaragua.
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