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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1989
Page
3
Dorcas Hardy announces her resignation as head of the Social Security Administration effective July 31 amid congressional criticism and signals that President Bush intended a replacement. Her three years at the agency included controversial efforts to streamline operations.
Federal regulators halted low power testing at Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire on Friday. NRC seeks a thorough reactor shutdown review after operators reportedly waited several minutes too long to shut down the reactor at 12 36 p m Thursday, according to a plant spokesman.
The Senate Intelligence Committee said documents were handled haphazardly and chaotically during the Iran-Contra probe but found no sign of a calculated Reagan administration cover-up. The panel reviewed memos from Oliver North's trial that investigators had not seen or saw in varying forms.
Convicted killer Sean Patrick Flanagan, 28, was executed by injection at Nevada State Prison after admitting he believed his crimes served society. He smiled as five guards strapped him to the gurney and told prosecutor Dan Seaton I love you, with Seaton noting the remarks reflected Christian forgiveness.
In Athens the 70 year old socialist leader Papandreou was given mandate to form a government after conservatives failed to secure left wing support. He was hospitalized with pneumonia. New elections by September become more likely as parties fail to agree.
Chilean centrist Patricio Aylwin wins backing from three major socialist groups, uniting opposition against Gen. Augusto Pinochet. The army warns it may use force to defend Pinochet as commander after the December vote. Aylwin leads Christian Democratic Party and spoke for the anti-Pinochet campaign in October’s referendum.
The House approved a $3.5 billion supplemental appropriations bill for 1989 covering veterans affairs education refugee aid and other programs. The Senate backed the measure and President Bush was expected to sign after stripping $821 million for anti-drug programs, adding $75 million to that effort from deferrals to 1990.
The Pentagon releases a proposal calling for about 5 billion dollars annually for the next two years and 8 billion thereafter to fund development and production of 132 Stealth bombers. Critics call the plan unaffordable as total program costs top 70.2 billion dollars and exceed targets for all weapons buying in 1990. Rep. Les Aspin rails against the cost.
An American relief worker, Chris George of Save the Children Federation, was freed in Gaza after 30 hours in captivity. He carried a letter urging President Bush to meet Yasser Arafat and urging U.S. action on the Palestinian question. George, 35, from Montclair New Jersey, said captors treated him well and he learned Arabic.
A Greek oil tanker World Prodigy carrying 7.6 million gallons of heating oil struck Brenton Reef near Newport at 4 40 p m EDT and leaked No 2 heating oil into the Atlantic. Coast Guard says the slick was five miles across by 7 30 p m as divers reported two large hull holes.
Beijing reports say at least 20 pro democracy students and supporters were arrested Friday as security forces intensified a nationwide sweep. Night shifts were ordered to check IDs while police increased searches for protesters in northern Beijing amid tear gas and gunfire reports. Unconfirmed word suggested the Central Committee may oust Zhao Ziyang and Hu Qili for sympathy with calls for a freer society.
The note references places to go in Iowa and the Midwest within an events calendar. It lists venues and regional highlights though details are fragmented. No specific events or dates are clearly readable.
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