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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1990
Page
3
About 800 Daily News editors walked out in protest of management ordering crossing eight union picket lines. Replacement workers from Tribune Co. papers in Orlando and Chicago were brought in as 1,800 employees began a broader strike. The Daily News said papers would be on stands this weekend.
A school bus carrying students home ran off a rural two lane road into a gully about 20 miles southwest of Mineral Wells Texas. The driver and 13 children were injured and authorities said the cause was unknown at 4 p m.
Europe denounces U S actions delaying nearly 200 million dollars of wine sales citing procymidone investigation as basis. The EC warns it may take steps to protect interests if not resolved soon.
In Minneapolis the first federal convictions for operating a commercial jet under the influence, three Northwest Airlines crew members receive prison terms. Pilot Norman Prouse gets 16 months, co-pilot Robert Kirchner and flight engineer Joseph Balzer receive one year each. They flew a Boeing 727 from Fargo after heavy drinking, with 91 passengers aboard, landing safely amid arrests.
Exiled Kuwaiti prime minister urges military action to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Western diplomats identify two American captives in Baghdad as Uwe Jahnke and John Stevenson. Saddam signals potential talks but rejects ceding rights amid possible scorched earth strategy.
The State Department warned of possible terrorist operations in the eastern Mediterranean or Europe and the Middle East. Credible information cited threats to ships and civil aviation, with Abu Nidal tied to potential actions linked to Mahmoud Atta, a U S citizen sought over a 1986 West Bank bus attack.
In Detroit, 7 year old Iyesha McCants told a 911 operator her brother Antwon Dumas was murdered. Troy and Jane McCants pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter for their 6 year old son’s June death, with sentencing set for November 5 and potential prison time up to 15 years.
State Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower lost a fingertip in a lawn mower accident last week. Republican rival Rick Perry called it a sign of his lack of common sense, while Hightower’s campaign dismissed the charge as a political tactic.
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