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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1989
Page
3
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said Pakistan does not have nuclear weapons and will not develop them. She urged continued U S aid and resisting Soviet influence in Afghanistan during a Congress address.
President Bush plans a prime time news conference tonight at 7 p.m. CDT. His spokesman says he will likely answer questions for more than a half hour amid confusion and violence in China and the evacuation of Americans from that country.
Sacramento officials begin shutting Rancho Seco as public groups hail the ratepayer vote to close the reactor. Voters became the first in the nation to decide to close a working plant. the SMUD board pledged to honor the will of the people though the vote was nonbinding.
In Vienna, all 13 OPEC members sign a deal to raise the official ceiling to 19.5 million barrels a day for July to December, aiming to steady oil prices amid tensions over compliance as crude futures fall on word of possible cheating.
Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov announced plans to cut defense spending by 33 to 50 percent by 1995 to spur the economy and aid about 40 million Soviets living in poverty. He detailed defense allocations and said pensions would rise next year, setting a new minimum at 70 rubles per month.
Soviet leaders report over 9,000 troops unable to stop ethnic clashes in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley. Death toll reaches 67 as Uzbeks and Meskhi Turks clash. authorities say local control is lost. Tass notes fires in Fergana and relocation of Meskhi to a camp.
Cox News Service reports that at least 7.5 million American children suffer diagnosable mental disorders but go untreated due to unrecognized issues by parents teachers or physicians. The Institute of Medicine panel urges a national plan to quadruple funding for child mental health research to about 200 million annually within five years.
Washington officials said the Nicaraguan army was prepared to help Panamanian authorities if the United States intervened in Panama. They also said Nicaragua shipped Soviet weapons to support Noriega, while Sandinista leader denied the claim. Bush later sent about 2000 U.S. troops to Panama to protect Americans.
The Senate approved a 3.3 billion spending bill for veterans programs and several federal agencies after four days of debate. Lawmakers rejected delaying most Medicare catastrophic illness coverage for the elderly. Conference talks will reconcile differences with the House amid a close 51-49 vote blocking McCain’s postponement effort.
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