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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1990
Page
3
President Bush signed a sweeping immigration reform boosting admissions and ending restrictions tied to sexual orientation and politics. He called it a blend of family reunification with skilled-worker intake to support the economy.
The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season ends today with more activity than normal but fewer major storms. The Weather Service continues tallying total damages and casualties while authorities report at least 120 deaths from storms.
U S health officials say AIDS cases in women rose from 1988 to 1989 by 29 percent, with women making up 11 percent of adult AIDS cases through 1989 and projections that by end of 1990 female cases exceed 15,000. WHO warns HIV infection among women could double globally, with 600,000 women developing AIDS in the 1990s and up to 2 million deaths by decade's end, mainly in sub Saharan Africa.
Gov. Bob Martinez flew to Washington to be nominated as the United States drug czar. The 55 year old Florida governor would replace William Bennett and face Senate confirmation. Martinez and supporters say he accepted the post and would meet congressional leaders before returning to Florida.
Julie Brienza, a former UPI Supreme Court reporter, files a $12.75 million suit in U.S. District Court alleging she was terminated due to her sexual orientation and for freelancing with the Washington Blade. The complaint claims pressure from Vic Eliason of Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth and a campaign to jam UPI lines.
A Phoenix grand jury indicted 14 men accused of running a multimillion dollar network that built high tech underground marijuana farms beneath the California Arizona desert. Authorities say the ring supplied marijuana to California New York and others and raided four underground farms with automated growing systems seizing 23000 plants worth 77 million dollars. The operation spanned Antelope Valley and Bullhead City with homes raided in Lancaster Barstow areas as investigators push indoor cultivation movements in Southern California.
Jamal Mohamed Warrayat 32, a former U S Army member with ties to Kuwait and Iraq, was ordered held without bail on charges he plotted to kill President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker and to attack military sites. He led a seven person group and planned attacks in North Carolina and Texas.
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