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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1990
Page
3
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney enters a second day of make-or-break talks with Canada's 10 provincial premiers over constitutional amendments. Lingering disputes over language issues threaten to deepen rifts, with analysts fearful of potential French and English speaking substates as in the past.
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights urged Moscow to end political imprisonment and emigration barriers after two days of hearings. It described widespread abuses and prisoners living in slavery during Gorbachev’s sixth year in power.
Police with rifles blocked roads to Beijing's university area on Monday and heavy security stifled dissent in the city on the first anniversary of the bloody demise of China's democracy movement. All gates to Beijing University were locked at 8 p.m. and Tiananmen Square remained closed for the fourth day.
Two Atlanta doctors say a 33-year-old AIDS patient with Kaposi's sarcoma had his blood heated in a cancer treatment for two hours. Afterward the man's skin lesions flattened and tests for the AIDS virus remained negative, though experts and doctors are unsure what it means.
Jack Gilford a droopy faced comedian with a 55 year career from vaudeville to TV died Monday of stomach cancer at his Greenwich Village home He was 81 His wife Madeline Lee was at his side Merle Debuskey said the publicist and family friend provided details of the death in New York.
Washington officials said the United States will begin destroying chemical weapons on a remote Pacific island late this year, accelerating the schedule agreed at the recent superpower summit and ahead of the treaty deadline.
Senate leader George Mitchell accuses President Bush of abandoning Lithuania by sealing a Moscow trade deal without lifting the Soviet blockade. The dispute could delay a trade pact and MFN status for the Soviets amid Baltic tensions. Baker travels to Europe to discuss a Western plan for Germany and NATO expansion concessions. Aimed at allowing Soviet troops to remain on East German soil during a transition.
Baylor College of Medicine seeks 16 volunteers to lie in bed for a month with sensors monitoring bodily functions. The study, funded by NASA, tests deconditioning and simulated weightlessness using a centrifuge platform, aiming to aid astronauts on long space voyages.
Two private groups estimate overcharges for credit life insurance at about 910 million annually, with 70 million policies in 1988 and premiums totaling 2.1 billion while benefits reached 900 million. They urge stricter loss ratios and broader comprehensive life coverage to replace loan specific policies.
The Supreme Court 8-1 rules public high schools must allow student prayer groups if other clubs are allowed, upholding the 1984 Equal Access Act. The decision overruled Omaha officials and cited a three part test for church state separation.
In New York AP reports rising doubts about Donald Trump’s ability to manage a billion-dollar debt load. Major banks are negotiating with him amid a Wall Street Journal note on a $2 billion bank debt and possible asset sales as junk bonds for Atlantic City casinos plunge.
A Raleigh based lawyer Thomas Root and partners at Sonrise Management Services and Telemedia Inc. are indicted on 2695 counts of securities fraud and related charges. The grand jury alleges the firms promised investors help obtain federal radio station licenses though few licenses were issued by the FCC.
NASA officials said Discovery sustained possible damage when an overhead bridge snagged a corner of its right payload bay door during hangar preparations for the October mission to put the Ulysses satellite in solar orbit. Columbia remains grounded at the pad due to a hydrogen leak.
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