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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1990
Page
4
Iran will pay Amoco 600 million dollars for seized facilities, resolving a major obstacle to renewed trade with the United States. The Iran United States Claims Tribunal announced the two claims totaling 600 million, the tribunal's largest award in nine years.
The Soviet Union urged Western allies to start negotiations this fall to remove short-range nuclear weapons in Europe. NATO officials rejected the idea, insisting talks on nuclear arms would wait until after an accord to reduce conventional weapons in Europe.
Bonn officials announced that the two German states agreed to return property seized in East Germany by the Communist regime or provide compensation. The agreement addresses a long contentious issue as unification nears.
An 11 state operation named Street Sweep led to more than 160 arrests of Crips and Bloods members, with federal and local officers targeting drug trafficking exported from California ghettos to other states. Bush vetoes Hatch Act change in off duty political activity limits.
The Bush administration reverses stance and supports creating a World Bank administered fund to help developing nations end use of ozone depleting chemicals. A $25 million U S contribution would help reach a $100 million total with nations negotiating changes to strengthen the 1987 treaty to phase out CFCs by century's end.
Crews began open sea bioremediation of the Mega Borg spill by spraying oil eating microbes on the 886 foot burning tanker 57 miles off Galveston Texas The Coast Guard raised the oil estimate to 4.3 million gallons making this the nation s fifth largest spill in history Salvage crews reported skimming about 76 389 gallons and most light crude had evaporated or burned The microbes eat the oil and produce a safe fatty byproduct then die when oil is exhausted
The second illuminated manuscript from Quedlinburg's wartime hoard has been sold to a Bavarian dealer in West Germany. Klaus Maurice says Heribert Tenschert offered it to the Cultural Foundation for 500000 dollars after a prior deal for the Ninth Century Four Gospels fetched 3 million. Joe Meador, a former Army officer who died in 1980, is linked to the theft.
A Greyhound Lines replacement driver admitted not knowing how to drive a stick shift. Diane Monteiro, a licensed driver with another company, took the wheel from Delaware to New York City while the unprepared substitute sat. Greyhound spokesman George Grazley said the driver could not operate the bus, which was a Carolina Coaches vehicle operated under Greyhound arrangement.
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