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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1990
Page
3
Mayor Tom Bradley proposed mandatory water conservation requiring a 10 percent cut from 1986 levels amid California's fourth straight drought year. He called the situation serious at a news conference at City Hall.
Federal mediators announced talks will resume in Washington on Saturday to end a two month nationwide strike against Greyhound. Bernard DeLury of the FMCS said both sides agreed to convene under a federal mediator, stressing the parties are determined to reach a contract.
Storms lash northern Texas with violent thunderstorms flooding roads and forcing evacuations. Three people died as rainfall reached up to seven inches in 24 hours, with forecasts predicting continued flooding through the morning.
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari urged Congress to repeal the 1982 bank nationalization and restore private investment in the financial system. He argued the change would free scarce state resources for vital development and end paternalism that limits Mexican initiative and rights.
Lithuania's president Vytautas Landsbergis said the Baltic republic would briefly suspend some pro independence laws. He agreed to the step in a letter to French and West German leaders who proposed a compromise to kickstart talks with Moscow.
The Bush administration proposes relaxing rules on exporting advanced tech products to the Soviet bloc and Eastern Europe. Computers and precision tools would be mostly decontrolled, with selective relief for four reforms countries and limited eliminations in several product categories.
DuBois Gilliam a former HUD deputy assistant secretary now jailed for corruption testified he helped steer a $500 000 HUD grant for a Hispanic trade center in Kansas City Missouri after a meeting between Hector Barreto, a Bush ally, and then Vice President George Bush. He said documents were destroyed to hide actions and that the grant followed political influence rather than eligibility.
Frank Reed, released after 42 months in Lebanon, says he is angry and embarrassed that fellow captives Tom Anderson and Terry Anderson remain unfree. He spent much of two years with them and had not seen Sutherland since February 1989.
President Bush owed an additional 7497 in federal income taxes after an amended return revealed missing 1989 deferred compensation. The money arose from compensation he collected last year under an arrangement with Zapata Corp, the former firm he led, with him turning 65 on June 12.
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