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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1990
Page
3
A motorist was shot to death early Monday on the Harbor Freeway south of downtown. Two witnesses said the shots came from a yellow Pontiac Trans-Am with two men aboard. Police searched the area for clues. no arrests were reported.
Four more people died from injuries after a U.S.-manned cargo plane crashed in a crowded Guatemalan residential area. The death toll reached 23 with five still missing. The DC-6 departed from Guatemala City en route to Miami and all three crew members were killed. The cause remains undetermined.
The White House says budget discussions with Congress will be open without preconditions though Bush does not abandon his no new taxes pledge. Aides say the pledge may last only for the first year and that tax policy could be reconsidered to spur growth amid a softer economy and higher rates. Democratic leaders remain wary of tax increases during talks.
Washington prosecutors plan to add up to five federal misdemeanor drug possession counts against Mayor Marion Barry. Court papers indicate hair evidence from the night of his arrest shows repeated cocaine use in prior weeks. Barry already faces five misdemeanor cocaine charges and three felony counts of lying to federal investigators about his drug use.
A Duke University researcher reported evidence for a second defective gene linked to late onset familial Alzheimer's disease. The finding may help develop therapies and could apply to sporadic cases, with the disease typically striking around age 69. The study was presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting.
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi says after the 1986 U S air raid he planned to attack two U S bases on Crete but abandoned the plan due to friendly Greek relations and civilian casualties concerns. He noted Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou was informed to evacuate residents.
Police say ophthalmologist Juan Gerardo Schultz and 11 morgue attendants stole eyes from bodies in the Caracas morgue. Autopsy on a 20 year old revealed missing eyes. authorities say payments of up to 23 dollars per eye and transplant charges of 1500 to 2000 dollars were involved.
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