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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1988
Page
3
A congressional study faults the FAA for struggling to keep up as industry decisions favor dollars over safety. The 183 page OST report urges more funding, inspectors, air traffic controllers, and streamlined organization to prioritize safety.
In Bogor near Jakarta Prince Norodom Sihanouk urged the four warring Cambodian factions to agree on a plan to end the miseries after the 1975 Indochina war. He pressed for an interim government under a collegial system with Sihanouk in a central leadership role.
The National Geographic Society and Gallup report that 18to24 year olds in the United States rank last among nine nations for geographic literacy. Only 6.9 of 16 questions correct for young adults, with 75 percent unable to locate the Persian Gulf and half misidentifying Nicaragua.
Mujahedeen Khalq rebels in Iraq say they control two cities inside Iran and have killed or wounded thousands of Iranian troops. Iran reports air strikes and says it has regained ground. claims could not be independently verified.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee approved the Act for Better Child Care Services in a voice vote with no opposition. Democrats pledged to seek a compromise before floor consideration, while Sen. Orrin Hatch urged bipartisan talks. The plan would fund child care for families under 100 percent of state median income and support center improvements, training, salaries, and administration.
The Senate approved a 73 to 19 vote to extend Medicaid abortion payments to rape and incest victims as part of the fiscal 1989 Labor Health and Education appropriations bill, despite continued White House opposition and a potential veto. The change widens prior limits which allowed abortion funding only when the mother's life was in danger. Senator Lowell Weicker urged that the longstanding ban has caused hardship.
Crews used backfires with flame throwers to shield Old Faithful as a 9,700 acre fire pressed within six miles of the geyser. Three pumper trucks stood ready while 83,000 of Yellowstone's 2.2 million acres burned amid a hot dry summer across the region.
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