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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1990
Page
4
In Lusaka a government curfew is imposed to curb looting amid anti-government riots that doctors say have left 15 dead and 149 wounded. President Kaunda shortens vacation and meets with Defense Minister Shapi and colleagues. Rioting followed a corn meal price hike.
U S volunteers are relocated from rural areas to Manila following intelligence that Communist rebels from the New People’s Army plan to kill volunteers. Officials say the move is part of ongoing safety measures for Americans overseas.
Sirhan Sirhan, who killed Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968, was denied parole for the 13th time after a five hour hearing at Soledad Prison. His next hearing is set for 1992. A House subcommittee approved the Brady bill requiring a seven day waiting period for handgun purchases by a 6-5 vote.
Gunmen hijacked an Armored Motor Service truck near Rochester Institute of Technology, binding guards and transferring 10.8 million dollars to a getaway van. No injuries reported. FBI and police pursued fingerprints as investigators weigh prior embezzlement theories.
Four days after the northern spotted owl was declared threatened the Bush administration delayed a broad plan to protect the owl and its forest habitat. Officials cited a small bureau plan costing 1 000 logging jobs and promised a larger study by Sept 1. Critics accuse the move of retreating from habitat protections and worry about economic impacts on timber towns.
President Bush restricts new oil drilling on 99 percent of the California coast and a 14 million acre area off the Florida Keys and Northeast beyond Rhode Island to the Canadian border. Only Monterey Bay area is permanently barred, with a 2200 square mile sanctuary to protect marine mammals. The move ends months of debate and splits supporters and opponents.
The Vatican ruled out public dissent by theologians challenging papal authority and birth control bans. The 28 page document, approved by Pope John Paul I, warns against dissent as infidelity and defends church punishments while affirming authority to speak on sexual morality. Cardinal Josef Ratzinger called the move a response to a climate of conflict from dissident theologians.
The Louisiana Senate approved a bill prohibiting abortion even in rape or incest cases. It would jail doctors for 10 years hard labor and faces possible governor veto with the House set to revisit amendments to allow life of the mother exception. The final passage vote fell short of the two-thirds override threshold.
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