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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1992
Page
3
Confidential documents show Iraq offered to repay over 2 billion dollars before the Persian Gulf War but the administration called the offers a ploy to undermine U N sanctions. The moves were not made public amid push for sanctions and an allied force.
Swiss officials announce immediate application to the European Community as a referendum signals support for World Bank IMF membership. In Germany, union leaders accept a 5.4 percent wage rise plus bonuses totaling 5.8 percent, easing labor tensions amid economic turmoil. LAPD Chief Gates admits a significant error in not denouncing the Rodney King beating publicly in his new memoir, blaming timing and prosecution concerns.
The United States rejects a U N resolution on Palestinian refugees as irrelevant to peace talks. Washington says current negotiations hinge on two other U N resolutions affirming secure borders and Israeli withdrawal from land lost in 1967. Assistant Secretary Edward Djerejian aims to defuse the spat, saying U S support has been blown out of proportion.
Lawrence Welk, longtime host of the champagne music show, died at his Santa Monica home Sunday evening from pneumonia at age 89. Spokeswoman Bernice McGeehan said he died peacefully with family by his side after a 36 year television run beginning in the era of Godfrey and Gleason.
Soldiers opened fire on thousands in Bangkok and arrested about 2000 after dragging protesters from a hotel to quell anti government demonstrations. At least 15 killed and 350 wounded since Sunday as Suchinda faces demands to resign amid military meddling in politics.
A coroner's jury in Oxford ruled nine British soldiers died unlawfully when two U.S. A 10s destroyed their armored personnel carrier near Iraq on February 26 1991. The families may push for manslaughter charges, arguing the pilots acted with gross recklessness.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that those acquitted by insanity may not be kept in mental facilities after regaining sanity to avoid danger. The decision centers on Terry Foucha of Louisiana and Feliciana Forensic Facility. The ruling leaves unclear if Foucha must be freed immediately.
The State Department filed its second protest in two days with China over harassment of Washington Post Beijing correspondent Lena Sun. An official declined to meet Sun in Beijing and said Assistant Secretary Richard Solomon warned the Chinese ambassador after a search of the Post office and seizure of files.
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