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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1988
Page
3
A DC-9 jetliner operated by Austral Airlines carrying at least 21 people crashed while attempting to land in fog near Posadas Misiones Province. Government reports say 15 passengers and six crew were aboard from Buenos Aires. No survivors reported.
In French elections, Francois Mitterrands Socialist Party wins gains but not a 289 seat majority of 577 in the National Assembly. Premier Michel Rocard and ministers discuss strategy at the Elysee as centrists may be courted for support. Conservatives fall short of last term's majority, avoiding a Chirac premier scenario.
Lawrence Singleton, paroled from California after serving time for the arms-hacking rape of a teenager, apparently settled in the Tampa area and was issued a Florida driver’s license last week. Authorities suggest a possible violation of a state felon registration law within 48 hours of arriving in Hillsborough County.
A border fire that started Friday in Mexico near the Arizona line expanded to about 8,000 acres across both countries within 48 hours despite 1,200 firefighters efforts. The blaze threatened nine Ash Creek ranch homes near Tuc son before crews saved them by backfiring and fireline construction. An earlier blaze in California and Sonora added to the threat. A separate Northern California earthquake of magnitude about 5.3 rattled the region near San Jose with no injuries reported.
The seven party Afghan alliance promises elections within four months for a future Afghan government to be held among guerrillas in Afghanistan and refugees in Pakistan and Iran. In Jerusalem a Palestinian youth is shot as a bus is stoned near Jericho and an Israeli is injured by a rock. The US Embassy cancels a terrorism warning after Chinese assurances.
Stockholm reports that the Fourth International AIDS Conference opened with Dr. Lars Olof Kallings warning that new HIV information may be more frightening than expected due to the scale and spread of infections. Researchers preview AZT's potential to reverse virus-related brain damage in children, raising hope and concern.
In Vienna the OPEC secretary general reports 13 members locked in irreconcilable differences as ministers pause the talks for 48 hours. Most experts expect oil prices to fall in late summer, with cheaper energy and economic strain for producers. The group debates quotas definitions while conflict over Iraq Iran war widens rifts. A new publication warns production may exceed 18.5 million bpd, risking further leakage if reconciliation fails.
Roy Moses of Jacksonville Florida, who used the name John Jackson after entering a pizza parlor six weeks ago, celebrated his 33rd birthday as friends identified him. Duffie Swartz and Connie Hughes saw his photo in the Herald-Dispatch and recognized him from a church meeting in Hinesville Georgia in 1985.
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