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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1986
Page
3
Christian and Muslim militias exchange heavy shelling across Beirut's Green Line causing 17 deaths and at least 60 injuries. Roads and hospitals appeal for blood as the violence targets residential districts amid threats around a planned patriarch visit.
In Las Vegas Jackie Presser was elected to a five year term as head of the Teamsters by 1,729 delegates. Sam Theodus of Cleveland received 24 votes and conceded defeat after the roll call continued for hours. Presser, 59, has led the union since 1983 via interim appointment after Roy Williams was convicted of bribery involving a U S senator.
A Coblenz prosecutor halted a three month inquiry into Chancellor Helmut Kohl for insufficient evidence. A Bonn investigation into alleged large illegal party payments by Flick is also reportedly being dropped.
Soviet official Viktor Sidorenko says the April 26 explosion at Chernobyl began during experimental checks on the fourth reactor. He notes heat output jumped from 6 7 to 50 percent in 10 seconds amid preshutdown tests. Evacuation covers 18 miles affecting about 92,000 with compensation and camp plans.
Police say talk show host David Letterman was stopped May 12 in New Canaan for using a radar detector. He may plead guilty and pay a 40 dollar fine or appear in state court. Meanwhile dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov will be sworn in as U.S. citizen with 500 others during Liberty Weekend on Ellis Island and perform July 3 amid Reagan attendance.
The Senate approved a five year extension of the federal safe drinking water act by a 94 to 0 vote. The measure broadens the act and tightens EPA enforcement, though the Reagan administration may veto parts of it. The CIA is reviewing possible action against the Washington Post over a classified intelligence article. A former NSA employee on trial for spying is linked to the report. Five Cubans adrift on a raft were rescued near Key West by a passing tugboat.
Boston researchers report laser beams break kidney stones in the urinary tract with a fiber-delivered laser delivering five pulses per second. When combined with lithotripter shock waves, surgery could be avoided for nearly all patients, except those with unusually large or hard stones.
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