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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1988
Page
3
Thomas Joseph Dolce, 49, a former Army weapons analyst at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore, pleaded guilty to espionage for sending a classified 1979 document to Col. Bernardus Redelinghuys at the South African Embassy in Washington.
An Air Force KC-135 tanker crashed at Wurtsmith Air Force Base at 1:20 p.m. CDT while returning from a mission to K I Sawyer Air Base. Six people were killed and 10 injured as officials worked to identify victims, with officials unsure if they were civilians or military personnel.
U.S. officials discussed offering Ferdinand Marcos a guilty plea and forfeiture of stolen funds to avoid prison. Marcos has not been indicted and the proposal was debated at a meeting involving State Department and Justice Department aides.
Los Angeles AP reports ventriloquist Wayland Flowers died of cancer in Los Angeles at 2 48 a m CDT five weeks after a stage collapse. He was 48 and created the sarcastic puppet Madame. Publicist JoAnne Geffen confirmed the death.
Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa called five Carmelite sisters barricaded in an infirmary at Mount Carmel Monastery in Morris Township New Jersey to back their protests against the new prioress. The nuns have been confined since October 4 amid objections to changes at the monastery.
The Communist Party of Serbia urged on Tuesday that three Kosovo representatives be removed from the Yugoslav Communist Party Politburo. Analysts say the move could help Serbia reassert control over Kosovo and Vojvodina, potentially reshaping autonomous status in the region.
President Chadli Bendjedid announced the state of siege in Algiers will be lifted today after a riot outbreak reportedly causing hundreds of deaths.
About 10,000 students at major universities in Poland staged noon rallies Tuesday demanding legalization of the outlawed Independent Students Association NZS. Solidarity spokesman Wojciech Maziarski said the protests occurred in at least 14 top universities after NZS members obtained university permission.
The Supreme Court will hear Indiana's appeal over whether police errors in using exact Miranda words violated a suspect's rights in the Gary Eagan case. The court will also decide state media publication bans in a Florida rape case and jurisdiction over the Achille Lauro damages suit.
In Strasbourg, Rev. Ian Paisley shout I renounce you as the Antichrist during Pope John Paul II speech on European unity. He was escorted out as deputies and spectators reacted with applause and chaos.
A National Research Council report urges better screening to identify impaired elderly drivers while arguing against driving restrictions based solely on age. It notes slower reaction times and vision issues raise risk, but many seniors remain safe, recommending brighter, larger signs and redesigned highway markings to aid older drivers.
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