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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1988
Page
3
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh announced plans to issue a new ethics code to set explicit signals for proper conduct at the department once led by Edwin Meese. In his first speech to DOJ staff he said integrity cannot be addressed indirectly.
President Reagan phoned syndicated columnist Carl Rowan on Friday to congratulate him after the District of Columbia dropped its weapons possession case. Rowan said the president called it an outrage that he was prosecuted and noted Reagan's concern as a friend.
Public health specialists say AIDS is not exploding among heterosexuals, but a JAMA report cautions heterosexual cases could rise rapidly. The study notes heterosexual infections doubling every 14 to 16 months, paralleling rates in homosexuals and IV drug users.
Anti-abortion demonstrators besieging women's clinics drew reinforcements to extend a week of protests. Officials said Friday's 53 arrests nearly exhausted willing participants as more than 400 people have been arrested since Tuesday in a campaign by Operation Rescue, the group behind July's DNC protests.
Skywatchers may witness the annual Draconid meteor shower tonight as the absence of a moon provides a dark sky for easier viewing, according to the U S Naval Observatory.
Bolivian and U S officials said a joint raid destroyed a massive jungle cocaine laboratory in La Paz. The lab reportedly produced 3.5 tons of pure cocaine weekly and drugs valued at about 50 million dollars. One U S official called it the biggest cocaine lab ever found in Bolivia. Interior Minister Juan Carlos Duran confirmed the production scale.
Several hundred thousand Chileans gathered in Santiago to celebrate the opposition led plebiscite result. The crowd sang danced and chanted including the Waltz of the No in a park rally marking Pinochet's defeat and the Fiesta for Democracy and Reconciliation.
Murray Taylor a 15 year old from Adelaide said a huge shark dragged him from his board at Moana Beach south of Adelaide on Thursday. He required 110 stitches and plans to quit surfing after escaping by punching the shark on the nose.
In Moscow on Friday the USSR gave official status to the Baltic flags once flown by Latvia and Lithuania as independent nations. Latvia and Lithuania parliaments, now Soviet republics, also granted official status to their national languages replacing Russian as part of broader devolution of political power pledged by President Mikhail Gorbachev.
In Washington the Senate defeated a three part family package including child care aid and parental leave by a 50 to 46 vote as adjournment loomed. Sen. Dodd vowed to re introduce the measures in January while leaders argued over priorities and strategy.
In Nablus street battles sparked by the death of Adnan Hanfa, Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded 21, the highest one day toll in six months. A curfew was imposed in Nablus and nearby refugee camps affecting over 120 000 residents.
Four people died as a rural Ottawa area fire at Buffalo Rock Shooters Supply destroyed the building. Firefighters retreated while bullets whizzed by. the firm makes ammunition and sells guns to police. Fire chief Vince Dettore said the blast began around 11:30 a.m. in the main building.
Algiers reports say military command ordered troops to fire on demonstrators after three days of riots sparked by austerity and price protests. Outbreaks spread to Oran Blida and Constantine as police fought mobs, with hospitals counting at least 50 dead since Tuesday.
WNBC New York signed off after 62 years as NBC radio’s flagship, a clear channel station on 660 AM. It hosted stars like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and the NBC Symphony under Toscanini. GE sold radio assets after acquiring RCA in 1985, moving to keep WNBC TV within the same market.
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