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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1988

Page

3

Pope installs 24 cardinals amid Lefebvre tension

Pope John Paul I installed 24 cardinals to show church unity and urged Lefebvre supporters to stay with the papacy. Lefebvre plans to consecrate four bishops without papal permission, risking automatic excommunication. Paris rail disaster raises death toll to 69 as trains collide near Gare de Lyon due to brake failure.

Vatican City John Paul I Marcel Lefebvre Lefebvre Vatican Paris Gare de Lyon

Arafat fighters evacuate Chatilla camp in Lebanon

Nearly 150 guerrillas loyal to Yasser Arafat were evacuated from the Chatilla refugee camp after it was captured in a power struggle. PLO leaders accuse Damascus of aiding the dissident Fatah Uprising faction to crush Arafat’s forces in Lebanon.

Arafat Beirut Lebanon PLO Yasser Arafat Chatilla Palestine Liberation Organization Damascus Fatah

Space shuttle Discovery launch delayed to September 4

CAPE CANAVERAL NASA announced Discovery's launch is postponed to September 4 due to longer than expected prep time. Officials in Washington confirmed the delay after site planners had already suggested an August flight was unlikely, citing preparation delays for the shuttle.

Cape Canaveral Fla Discovery NASA Space Agency Washington

Bomb kills U S official in Athens Greece

A Toyota packed with explosives detonated near the U S military attaché in Greece. Navy Captain William Norden age 51 was killed as his armored car was hurled across a street. Police credit November 17 for the attack and say no immediate claim of responsibility. Norden was en route to work in Kifissia, a diplomat residential area.

Athens Greece U.S U.S. Navy William Norden Sotiris Kostopoulos Carolos Papoulias Nordeen Kifissia Norden Centuria Wis William Nordeen

U S and Israel plan defensive Arrow missile program

President Reagan and Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin announced a memorandum to develop and test the Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile with 80 percent U S funding for a 160 million project. Israel aims to demonstrate feasibility within 2 to 3 years by intercepting a 625 mile range target. Rabin cites rising missile and chemical threats from Arab states and notes a regional arms race.

Aasmingwros Washington Israel United States Reagan Yitzhak Rabin Middle East U.S White House SDI Rabin Administration Defense Frank Carlucci George Shultz Iran Iraq

Senate grants farm state firms delay on closings bill

Senate exempts bakeries flour mills meatpacking poultry egg and farm equipment plants from a 60 day advance notice requirement for large layoffs and plant closings. Dole and Byrd clash over timing as debate extends into a fifth day with threats to stay in session.

Washiiuion Senate Bob Dole R-Kan Dole Robert Byrd D'W.na Byrd

Fumes kill four at Auburn plating plant

Four workers died and twenty were injured at Bastian Plating Co after cleaning a 5 foot tank with an acid solution released toxic hydrogen cyanide. Fifteen of the injured were rescuers using breathing gear. An independent lab found cyanides in the tank contents.

Auburn Ind Robert Corkwell Indiana State Police Bastian Plating Co

U S recalls ambassador over Morales release from Mexico

The United States recalls Ambassador Charles Pilliod to protest Mexico’s release of Puerto Rican terrorist William Morales, leader of FALN, who fled to Cuba after serving five years of an eight year sentence. Washington seeks an explanation from Mexico, deeming the action outrageous and improper.

New York Times Washington United States U.S Charles Pilliod Mexico William Morales Armed Forces of National Liberation FALN Cuba State Department Charles Redman Redman Reagan Morales New York Bellevue Hospital

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