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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1988
Page
3
Tehran radio reports hundreds of pilgrims protested in Mecca over last year’s 402 deaths. Police attacked some protesters though monitors heard no injuries. Saudi authorities say over 1 million pilgrims gathered for Sabbath prayers at the Grand Mosque in 111 degree heat.
In Ciudad Juarez a concrete water tank wall ruptured sending a torrent through an adobe neighborhood. Four people were killed and 19 injured as water destroyed nine homes. Residents had warned officials about cracks in the three year old tank before the spill. More than 750,000 gallons poured down the hillside as the east wall detached.
Col. Enrique Bermudez will step down as military commander of Nicaraguan Contra forces to defuse controversy over his appointment to the directorate. Alfredo Cesar, one of seven Contra directors and chief negotiator, also urged Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to convene a new round of peace talks with the Sandinista government.
A car bomb exploded near a Syrian military base in West Beirut during morning rush hour, killing 10 people and wounding 51. Police said 33 pounds of explosives under a yellow Mercedes rear seat triggered a timing device, destroying more than a dozen cars in Cola neighborhood at 10:40 a.m.
In Belmont California the infant Alyssa Frances LoCasto 9 days old was abandoned in a jetliner bathroom. The paternal grandparents were awarded temporary custody after a court decision that the child should be with relatives pending further arrangements.
John Hersey apologized for using material from another writer without credit in a New Yorker article on James Agee. He said sources should have been credited including Laurence Bergreen's James Agee A Life, which Bergreen had complained about to the New Yorker and Houghton Mifflin.
A federal judge granted a six month extension for the Iran-Contra grand jury allowing probes into illegal Contra resupply in Central America. The move follows the prior month’s indictment of a former CIA station chief in Costa Rica as independent counsel Walsh readies Oliver North’s trial.
Iraq launches a wide front assault against Iran while both nations plan to send foreign ministers to the United Nations to negotiate an end to eight years of war. Communiqués report thousands of prisoners captured and large stocks of weapons, with Iran later saying Iraqi forces withdrew from Sar-i-Pul.
California appeals court ruled that human tissues and cells remain a person’s property when taken for medical use and that the individual may share profits if the tissue is used commercially. The decision reverses a prior dismissal and may affect future biomedical research and informed consent practices.
President Reagan ordered trade sanctions targeting about 200 million dollars of Brazilian imports due to Brazil’s refusal to grant patent protections for U S pharmaceutical products. The decision prompts hearings to determine specific affected items as U S officials cite annual losses and long running industry pressure.
St Elizabeths Hospital proposes a supervised day trip for John Hinckley Jr as part of ongoing treatment. The plan, dated July 19, could start next month and include bowling music or a picnic with other patients. The Secret Service opposes any release and a hearing may be held in early August. Hinckley shot President Reagan on March 31 1981 and has been confined since 1982 under insanity verdict.
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