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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1988

Page

4

U S offers Noriega deal to leave power in Panama

The Reagan administration proposed Noriega quit as Panama's military ruler and allow Solis Palma to stay as acting president until May 1989 elections. Noriega would exiled and drug charges dropped, while Delvalle's government would be temporarily recognized. Panamanian opposition and U S lawmakers criticized the plan as preserving Noriega influence.

Washington Post Washington Reagan Administration Manuel Antonio Noriega Manuel Solis Palma Panama Noriega U.S Panarmia Solis Palma USS Norie United States Eric Arturo del Delvalle Panam Capitol Hill

Beleaguered Peruvians greet pope

Pope John Paul II arrived in Lima at dusk as Peru grapples with terrorism and violence. President Alan Garcia urged the pope to help reach people sick with hate and violence, while the pontiff expressed condolences and sympathy for Peruvians enduring grief and hunger.

Lima Peru Joni: Paul II Alan Garcia John Paul Sminsro South America Bolivia

Syrians Prepared to Enter South Beirut Amid Battle

Syrian troops in full battle gear fortified positions along the road to Beirut airport as fighting rages in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The deployment follows eight days of clashes between Shiite militias with Hezbollah in control of the area and raises concern for foreign hostages including nine Americans.

Beirut Lebanon Hezbollah West Beirut Amal Damascus Nabih Berri Berri Syria

Court halts electromagnetic pulse tests at military sites

A federal court ordered the Pentagon to suspend EMP tests simulating nuclear blast effects until environmental and health impacts on humans and wildlife are studied. The halt covers facilities in Maryland Virginia Alabama New Mexico and the planned pulse generator at China Lake California.

Los Angeles Times Washington Pentagon Department of Defense Maryland Virginia Alabama New Mexico China Lake Calif Foundation On

Technology and the American Economic Transition study findings

The Office of Technology Assessment reports massive midterm shifts ahead as new tech reshapes nearly every product service and job. It foresees longer healthier lives in the 21st century with expanded education and safer work but warns rapid change could undermine American business foundations and living standards.

wWronuva Sud U.S Congressional Office of Technology Assessment America Henry Kelly

Sharansky recalls forcing KGB out of building in 1974 joke

In a May 23 U S News excerpt Sharansky recalls a lighter moment in Fear No Evil when he threatened to call police to remove three KGB men from the Institute for Oil and Gas building in Moscow on November 7, 1974. The dissident notes years of surveillance before his 1977 arrest.

Washington Natan Sharansky KGB Moscow Sharansky U.S. News & World Report CIA Soviet Union Institute For Oil and Gas

Chicago School Apologizes Over Mayor Portrait Display

The School of the Art Institute apologized in full page ads in the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Tribune for displaying a student portrait of late Mayor Harold Washington. They defended academic freedom while acknowledging the work insulted his memory. Washington died of a heart attack last November.

Chicago Harold Washington School of the Art Institute Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune Washington

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