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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1988
Page
3
The House passed the first ever restrictions on lobbying by former members of Congress with a 374 to 19 vote. The measure moves to the Senate where a broader version already passed. Rep. Barney Frank said the bill has about a 90 percent chance of final adoption before adjournment.
The Tampa Seahorse seized in Cuban territorial waters was released and escorted to international waters. Coast Guard officials said the ship is now bound for New York. Zapata Gulf Marine denied Cuban claims and called the seizure a license check.
A military study led by Dr. Donald Burke at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found the AIDS testing protocol extremely accurate. Among more than 135,000 recruits, only one misidentification occurred, amid an initial screen and confirmatory backup test.
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill authorizing a monument honoring American women who served in the Vietnam War.
President Jose Sarney announced a program named Our Nature to halt uncontrolled fires caused by farmers and ranchers in the Amazon. The plan includes a temporary halt to tax and financing benefits for large scale cattle ranching in the northern Amazon and a ban on exports of unprocessed tropical timber.
President Chadli Bendjedid announced a referendum on reforms to end the ruling party’s grip on power. The move comes after a week of bloody riots and the lifting of a Friday state of emergency and curfew at dawn Wednesday.
A pre-dawn arson fire severely damages the Roman Catholic Church headquarters in Pretoria. No injuries reported though an elderly nun and three others were rescued from a balcony, while two bishops and another person escaped via a fire escape.
Congress passed a bill authorizing Pentagon base closures to save up to 5 billion annually. Senate 82 7 House 370 31 sent to Reagan for signature. Defense estimates 2 5 billion in yearly savings from revising 3800 installations.
A California man sues talk show host Geraldo Rivera claiming he sheltered a fugitive by featuring his ex wife on the Geraldo Rivera Show while a child abduction warrant was active. The guest, April R. Curtis Brewster, appeared on July 18 amid discussions of mothers fleeing court orders.
The EPA announced a new policy that allows some cancer causing pesticides in foods if the lifetime cancer risk is negligible. It replaces the Delaney clause strict ban with a one in a million risk standard over 70 years, affecting about 300 pre 1972 pesticides and potentially phasing out older, riskier chemicals.
Sundstrand Corp of Rockford Illinois will pay $115 million in fines and penalties as it admits a conspiracy to overcharge the Defense Department on military contracts. Prosecutors say cost overruns and executive perquisites were fraudulently billed from 1980 to 1986. A grand jury may charge Sundstrand executives or Defense Department officials later.
President Reagan may call Congress back to Washington for a special session this year if Nicaragua's Sandinista government moves to mop up Contras. He plans to announce intent this week. If he acts, he would seek quick release of 16.5 million dollars in military aid held in Honduran warehouses.
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