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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1989

Page

4

Bush shifts Afghanistan policy toward possible political settlement

Gazette reports the Bush administration leans to a political solution as Afghan guerrillas stall and Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto pushes for change. Bhutto arrives in Washington to press halting arms to guerrillas and seek talks with Kabul.

Gazette Kabul Bush Congress Benazir Bhutto Pakistan Washington Jalalabad Kandahar Foreign Ministry Mohammad Nabi Amani Bhutto United States U.S James Baker Afghanistan Zulfiqar Ali Khan United Nations

Japan launches world's first regular HDTV broadcasts

Japan began the first daily HDTV broadcasts using NHK as the nation pushes Hi-Vision ahead of the United States and Europe. Initial signals appeared on 89 screens across Japan, with high priced receivers and broad interest in future affordable equipment.

New York Times Tokyo Japan United States Europe Statue of Liberty New York Harbor Keiji Shima NHK BBC Britain Okinawa Hiroshima Osaka Sony Hitachi Washington U.S

Explosions Hit Roxbury Gunpowder Plant Wreck Three Buildings

Explosions at Hercules Powder Inc. in Roxbury Township New Jersey leveled three buildings injuring at least 18 people. The blasts damaged about 80 percent of nearby businesses and rattled homes up to 13 miles away as firefighters fought fires across six building complex. Plant manager Dick Best reported multiple structures damaged and unclear cause.

Roxbury Township N.J Hercules Powder Inc Roxbury New York City Val Mazzucca Mount St. Helens

Solidarity Eyes Free Polish Senate Vote Ahead of Elections

In Warsaw on the eve of East bloc elections Solidarity projects a strong showing as Poles prepare to vote for 100 Senate seats and a largely opposition Sejm. Polls hint Solidarity may win 75 Senate seats and a sizable majority in the lower house.

Gazette Wire Warsaw Poland Solidarity Communist Party National Election Commission Jacek Moskwa Solidarity Citizens Committee Moskwa Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Walesa Senate Sejm Mieczyslaw Rakowski National List Stanislaw Ciosek Trybuna Ludu

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