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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1988
Page
3
A light aircraft struck a residence east of downtown Phoenix shortly before 6 p.m. killing four people aboard. Two people on the ground were injured and hospitalised. The 12 year old girl in the pool survived. Authorities did not release the dead's names immediately.
Hundreds of Syrian troops patrolled the slums of south Beirut while Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah pledged to press for the release of foreign hostages held there. He urged humanitarian and Islamic action to protect credibility amid the crisis.
Belgrade Yugoslavia Communist Party chief Bosko Krunic told about 800 delegates the country faces major social upheaval from the economic crisis but rejected multiparty reforms. He urged avoiding radical changes while seeking ways to address social and financial troubles.
A coroner's report links 10-year-old Andrew Baker's drowning at a YMCA pool to cocaine use causing loss of consciousness. Grandmother Geraldine Baker disputes the findings while mother Jolene suits the YMCA for negligence. pathologist mentions heart fungus suggesting prior injection.
White House chief of staff Howard Baker says Attorney General Edwin Meese III faces legal difficulties that could hurt Bush’s White House bid. Reagan shares the view but Baker cautions only an extraordinary event could end Meese’s position. McKay’s report due early June will shape further action.
President Zia ul-Haq dissolved the National Assembly and Junejo's 33 member cabinet after accusing lawmakers of failing to maintain order. A caretaker government to be announced soon, with parties now allowed to propose candidates for elections within 90 days. The shakeup follows Junejo's return from a tour abroad.
Kiersten Jones of Flower Mound Dallas area received a second heart at Children's Medical Center after the first transplant from April 12 was rejected. She remained in critical condition in the ICU Sunday awaiting further recovery and monitoring.
Former presidential candidate Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, 69, and director of El Siglo, was kidnapped after leaving a church near the British Embassy in Bogota. A bodyguard was killed and a radio operator reported a caller claiming to be Gomez. Government forces were ordered to search.
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