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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1987
Page
3
Relatives gathered near a prison farm as 985 prisoners nationwide were pardoned under a regional peace plan. Some freed inmates included former national guard members. Separately, two Sandinista air force officers stole a transport plane and fled to Costa Rica seeking asylum.
A Baltimore Circuit Court jury awarded Debra Sterling 25,000 in compensatory damages and 1,501,000 in punitive damages after a Globe Security Systems guard handcuffed and pushed her for allegedly shoplifting despite buying a bottle of soda. The verdict named guard Bernard Lyons liable for 1,000 of the penalty with the employer responsible for the rest.
Captain Don L. Ely 51 suffered a fatal heart attack as American Airlines Flight 612 from Chicago landed at Newark. Co pilot Tom Meeker took control and guided the jet to a safe stop, with 83 passengers and 10 crew uninjured. Ely died after initial efforts to revive him.
House Speaker Jim Wright urged President Reagan to rally Republicans to back a $76 billion deficit reduction package agreed with White House negotiators. GOP leaders warned approval is not assured as Senators threaten spending freezes. The plan blends budget cuts with new taxes to avert deeper Gramm Rudman cuts.
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