30 Jul 1984
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1984
Page
1
A NY writer weighs gun control and school prayer with ironic restraint, contrasting gun rights advocates and proposed handgun registration while criticizing a moment of silence in schools. The column shifts to lottery talk, noting a New York win and Iowa’s looming plans, arguing regional lottery dynamics and likely pitfalls.
A Venezuelan DC-9 hijacked by four gunmen carrying 82 passengers and crew landed at Aruba’s Princess Beatrice Airport after a forced stop in Trinidad. Four Americans among 82 aboard were held hostage as hijackers sought money and safe passage. Trinidad and Tobago officials said no negotiations would occur.
In West Beirut rival Muslim and Druse militias clashed for three hours breaking a fragile truce after weeks of quiet. At least two people were killed and 15 wounded, with civilians among the casualties as Lebanese army mediation secured a cease-fire.
Commerce Department reports a 2.4 percent rise in personal income nationally for January to March led by Delaware and Michigan with 3.9 and 3.8 percent gains from manufacturing payrolls especially auto plants Alaska is the sole state to show a decline of 6.1 percent due to oil revenue payments.
A religious party with four seats agreed to negotiate with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir on forming a coalition. The move gives Likud a potential edge over Labor. Sephardi Torah Guardians support alone may not guarantee a majority but could influence three other religious parties with seven seats. Those parties have yet to choose a major party to back.
Washington reports the U S China nuclear cooperation agreement is temporarily shelved amid claims of flaws and rush. Officials defend the pact though, saying it stands on its own and not yet submitted for review due to new information China denies. Gasoline prices dip to five year lows. Ferraro criticizes Jackson and black Democrats over campaign staffing.
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl ordered a full investigation into reports that West German firms sold Iraq laboratory equipment capable of producing poison gas. The probe follows a US request and a Der Spiegel report citing Frankfurt companies.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian said an agreement with Britain on Hong Kong would be ready by China’s September deadline. Substantial progress was reported by Wu and British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe during talks in Peking. China vows to preserve Hong Kong’s capitalist economy and social structure for 50 years after the takeover, while Britain seeks a detailed binding pact to guarantee prosperity and stability under Beijing rule.
Moscow reports the Soyuz T-12 crew lands by parachute in a Central Asian pasture ending a 13 day mission. Svetlana Savitskaya becomes first woman to walk in space and also first woman to fly in space twice. Crew included Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Igor Volk.
At the National Governors Association 76th meeting in Nashville, Sen. Howard Baker called Mondale unpresidential for predicting a 1985 tax hike while Republican governors Thompson and Alexander questioned President Reagan's stance. Mondale urged tax increases to cut deficits, and Reagan hinted at tax structure review if costs cannot be reduced. Governors also backed two ag policy resolutions to lower farm loan rates and create a federal agricultural commission.
President Reagan intends to keep Anne Burford on the environmental advisory committee despite advisers deeming her an embarrassment. Burford, former EPA administrator, had called the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and the Atmosphere a joke in a recent speech, saying the District of Columbia is too small to be a state yet too large to be an asylum for the mentally deranged.
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