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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1988
Page
4
A US mercenary, Joe Sam Adams, received one day probation and a $50 fine after pleading guilty to violating the Neutrality Act by plotting to send civilian fighters to aid the Contras. Judge Norman Roettger offered no comment on the sentence.
Two underground pipelines ruptured and exploded near a highway in Kansas forcing the evacuation of 200 people. The blasts sent flames as high as 300 feet, leaving a 30 by 25 foot crater. No injuries were reported. One line carried methane and the other propane.
Police seek a cream colored pickup believed linked to a blast that damaged the east entrance of Loogootee High School on Friday night. The explosion shattered a metal door, hurled bomb debris up to 100 yards, caused about 500 dollars in damage, and was heard across the town. No injuries were reported. An older model pickup with a darker side stripe was seen near the school at the time.
Nelson Mandela greeted relatives and fellow activists at Pollsmoor Prison for 80 minutes on Saturday. Winnie Mandela, their daughter, two grandchildren, and an American attorney joined him, along with Yusuf and Amina Cachalia, longtime anti apartheid partners last seen Mandela in 1962.
The Soviet labor daily Trud reported 1985 to 1987 saw known drug addicts rise by 150 percent while alcoholism fell by 17 percent across the USSR. The article notes a shift in substance abuse patterns during the two years.
Iran urged able bodied Iranians to rush to battle as Iraq pushed deeper into southern Iran near Ahvaz. Tehran said units began withdrawing to original positions while Iran sought volunteers for rapid dispatch to front lines amid renewed fighting and UN cease fire talks.
Yellowstone National Park evacuated two areas due to surrounding forest fires in Wyoming. Evacuations spread to Spokane Washington and Kalispell Montana as fires burned across California Colorado Oregon Idaho and Alaska. Grant Village Hotel and a campground near Lewis Lake were closed as winds fed the blaze. Fire spokesman Joan Anzelmo cited strong erratic winds that propelled the fire toward Grant Village. Idaho firefighters worked along the North Fork fire near Yellowstone’s northern flank in the Targhee National Forest.
FDA Commissioner Frank Young announced that starting last Wednesday AIDS patients may import certain unapproved drugs for personal use, with the agency reserving the right to deny shipments. He defended progress on AZT while protesters criticized the policy as insufficient.
Witnesses say XHIJ TV anchor Linda Bejarano and two others were shot in two cars in downtown Juarez during a dawn incident. Police offered no details though witnesses claim federal officers later confirmed it was a mistake, mistaking them for narcotics traffickers.
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