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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1988
Page
3
NOAA reports the Antarctic ozone hole has moderated slightly after years of concern. The phenomenon, detected in the early 1980s, involves depletion high in the atmosphere over the South Pole and potential indications of a similar North Pole depletion.
Three young whales trapped by ice near Barrow are battered and bleeeding as a military helicopter readies to tow an ice breaking barge in a last-ditch effort to free them. Rescuers cut breathing holes in six inch ice while temperatures threaten to close them. The whales have been trapped for nearly two weeks during migration.
The military government reports thwarting an attempted coup against President Prosper Avril led by Sgt. Patrick Frantz Bochard and former Col. Samuel Jeremie. Radio Soleil says several soldiers wounded and 30 soldiers arrested. incident occurred early Sunday.
President Reagan signed a law creating a National Indian Gaming Commission to regulate bingo lotto and card games on reservations. Tribes and the federal government jointly regulate gaming with compacts required for casinos horse and dog racing jai alai and other forms. The five member commission includes three federally recognized tribal members and is funded by tribes at least half with federal money.
In Chicago at Rockwell Gardens, a dozen men choose marriage over eviction from their girlfriends apartments after a Sept. 20 raid aimed at gang control. The Chicago Housing Authority says the trend may continue as non leaseholders are evicted under federal rules.
Nancy Reagan regretted not disclosing loans of gowns and accessories though White House lawyers advised disclosure. Officials said no legal reporting rule applied, noting loans and gifts were either paid for or returned and all requirements were met. The Time magazine report prompted renewed attention and a presidential reaction.
Belgrade reports the Communist Party chief urged unity behind reforms or destruction as regional leaders defend ethnic rallies fueling the crisis. Suvar called for a fundamental renewal of socialism and economic political changes while mass rallies push for more Serbian provincial control.
A Uganda Airlines Boeing 707 failed three landing attempts in thick fog at Leonardo da Vinci Airport and crashed into houses near Rome. Thirty one people died of fifty two aboard. twenty one survived, many with burns and injuries. Ground fatalities were avoided, and a steward was the sole crew member to survive.
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