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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1990
Page
3
The centrist Social Democratic Party voted to dissolve on Sunday, nine years after its 1981 founding as a challenge to the major parties. The move ends a brief, bright yet fading bid to reshape British politics.
Barry faces 14 criminal counts including three felonies for lying to a grand jury as he proceeds toward trial after weekend talks with prosecutors for a possible plea. Associates describe him as upbeat on the eve of proceedings.
In Petersburg Indiana a bride Stacy White and four bridesmaids used wedding dresses as bandages after a tornado struck the Moose Lodge reception. Eight people died in Indiana with 150 injured across 24 cities as about 50 tornado touches downs were recorded. The White River area flood left water mains cut and residents without fresh water for two weeks.
Lori Esker 20, a former dairy princess, goes on trial for the alleged strangling of Lisa Cihaski 21 in Marathon County. Prosecution says jealousy over Bill Buss fueled the act. Esker claims self defense amid a breakup with Buss. If convicted she faces life imprisonment.
Beig ing students hurled bottles and bricks at security forces from dorm balconies and gathered on campus shouting anti Li Peng slogans on the Tiananmen anniversary. Police and soldiers locked down streets as crowds grew, with Hong Kong and overseas demonstrations also reported.
Major South African newspapers forecast the four year old state of emergency will be lifted next weekend almost everywhere except Natal province amid faction fights. The timing coincides with Nelson Mandela’s 13 nation tour that begins today and a surprise meeting between Mandela and President de Klerk about trimming emergency powers.
The Justice Department reports a sharp rise in local jail overcrowding from 101 to 108 percent between mid-1988 and mid-1989. Prisoner numbers grew 15 percent to 395,553 while capacity expanded 8 percent to 367,769. The average daily population also rose 15 percent.
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