Peace Walk Workers Probe Glasnost Era Tensions
The report notes KGB and security officials still present during a peace walk, reflecting ongoing tensions despite glasnost reforms.
07 Oct 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1988
Page
1
The report notes KGB and security officials still present during a peace walk, reflecting ongoing tensions despite glasnost reforms.
A light joke notes the simple trick to avoid conflict is to keep quiet rather than argue. The quip suggests restraint can defuse heated exchanges and prevent ire from others.
Democrat Michael Dukakis attacked Dan Quayle saying he appeared insecure in the debate. Bush praised Quayle's performance but shifted to crime control. Polls show Bentsen winning debates with 51 to 27 and 50 to 27 in ABC and CBS surveys, while Quayle rose to 47 percent to be seen as presidential material. Baker noted the outcome as overall favorable to the campaign.
Investigators say the Marion burial crypt is the source of a headless skull found earlier. FBI Cedar Rapids agent Pete Klismet announced the crypt was entered and the lock removed during a tampering incident at Oakshade Cemetery. The skull in question was received by KCRG-TV on Tuesday and is being tested against remains at the University of Iowa today.
In Santiago Gen. Augusto Pinochet acknowledged his defeat in the plebiscite as part of returning Chile to democracy but rejected talks on curbing the army s sweeping powers. Thousands celebrated in the streets while riot police clashed with protesters as Cabinet members resigned en masse. Pinochet remains president for 17 months and army head for four more years under the 1980 constitution ahead of elections slated for December 1989.
The Justice Department abandoned its view that AIDS patients were not covered by federal anti discrimination laws. The Supreme Court had ruled the 1973 law protects the handicapped from discrimination by the federal government and its grant recipients, now extending to HIV infected people even if not diagnosed with AIDS. Jean McGuire of AIDS Action Council called the move significant.
Terry Ray Schneider 19 of Davenport was found unconscious in an Iowa City Village Inn Pancake House restroom about 5:20 a.m. He died later at the University of Iowa Hospitals. No foul play suspected though pesticide fumes from prior fumigation are being considered. Autopsy ordered. results may take weeks if tests are sent out.
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