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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1990
Page
3
A blaze in Boston killed five family members and a visitor, suspected to start from a cigarette left in an overstuffed chair. Officials said the victims included a couple in their 20s and their three young daughters, with a friend of the family also dying.
Armenian nationalist militiamen and Soviet troops clashed at the Yerevan train station and in a suburb, with activists reporting at least six dead and up to fifteen. The fighting began when militants attempted to halt a troop convoy and soldiers opened fire amid gun battles across Sovetoshen. Squatters in Groningen were evicted with chainsaws after four years occupying an abandoned office complex, with no violence reported during the operation and eleven rioters arrested.
A Haifa court jailed 41 year old David Goldner for three years after he confessed to desecrating more than 300 Jewish graves by spray painting anti Israel slogans. He said his motive was to blame Arabs and unite Jews. The case followed a separate desecration in Carpentras France that sparked outrage.
Frank Reed, freed after 44 months in Lebanon, says captives are not well and urges their swift release. He reunites with his 91 year old mother in Malden and explains ongoing medical checks at Andrews Air Force Base while doctors assess anemia and past injuries.
Peng Rong a 23 year old Beijing University biophysics graduate was arrested on campus for a May 11 protest calling to end sanctions and urging people to speak and act for the nation. Separately Hou Dejian and two former prisoners issued an open letter urging release of Liu Xiaobo and others detained after last year’s crackdown.
Jonathan Sutton 23 surrendered to Jefferson County authorities on manslaughter charges in the death of Kristi Ann Lowery 18 after she apparently inhaled undiluted nitrous oxide at a party. Sutton was released on bond and fired from the University of Alabama at Birmingham store job.
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