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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1989
Page
3
In Abingdon Virginia a federal judge jailed three leaders of a Pittston Coal strike for violating a ban on blocking company trucks with sit-down protests. About 1,500 miners in Virginia and West Virginia have been on strike since April 5 after 14 months without a contract.
In Tampa a pet shop will not contest a state stop sale on imported Madagascar Hissing Roaches. The Critter Shop halted sales citing minimal profit and the agriculture department's order. Sales associate Gene Alford had promoted the roaches as trendy and easy to keep.
On Monday San Francisco became the first city in the United States to publicly recognize homosexual and unmarried heterosexual couples. Mayor Art Agnos signed the landmark measure calling it a milestone in adopting policies to honor diverse families and extend human rights to form families of their choosing.
West German computer expert Karl Koch aged 24, under police investigation for alleged access to Western research and defense systems, was found burned to death near Hanover after reportedly setting himself on fire with gasoline. Police say the death was self-inflicted.
Two million mourners attended a candlelight vigil in Moussalam Square as Ayatollah Khomeini lay in state. Eight killed and hundreds injured in the stampede amid extreme heat. Iran faces its deepest political crisis since 1979 as world officials call for calm and possible diplomacy.
Air Force accident reports cite pilot fatigue and disorientation as factors in two Stealth jet crashes in California and Nevada in 1986 and 1987. The aircraft were stationed at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, with tests by Lockheed Corp. noted in the censored records.
The court split 5 to 4 limiting how statistical evidence can prove workplace racial bias. Dissenters warn the ruling erodes Civil Rights Act protections while supporters say it curbs weak lawsuits and helps employers defend cases. Civil rights advocates and lawmakers react with concern about reduced remedies for victims.
A federal bankruptcy judge ordered Eastern Airlines to begin negotiating a reorganization as a smaller carrier. The decision came after creditors questioned an investor group led by unions and Joseph Ritchie about a union backed buyout offer that could affect the strikebound carrier. negotiations should include creditors over the plan.
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