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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1988
Page
3
In Beirut on Anderson’s 41st birthday, captors released an old photograph to deny ties to Aline Rizkallah arrested in Milan. The photo, a reverse print of a 1987 image, accompanied a statement to Western news agencies clarifying the link.
Czech dissidents detained in pre dawn raids as hundreds of police cordon Wenceslas Square for the 70th anniversary celebration. Tens of thousands gather behind red flags for the official rally in Prague with tightened security by the People's Militia.
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa accused Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski's government of lacking political will to pursue promised negotiations. Union activists said contacts between the communist leadership and opposition had broken down in Warsaw.
Beijing officials say crackdown on unapproved births cut population growth to 8.84 per 1000 in the first half, down from 10.04 per 1000 in 1987. Liang Jimin cited a nationwide fertility and birth control survey as the basis for the figures.
Two convicted murderers took a counselor and a teacher's aide hostage at Northern State Prison in Newark New Jersey for several hours in an attempt to gain transfer. The hostages were released unharmed and the inmates surrendered peacefully, authorities said.
Barry Clifford, who located the first pirate ship in the New World, said he has found the Boston Tea Party dump site and asked the state board for permission to survey and salvage the 342 chests of tea tossed into Boston Harbor.
Moscow reports a first budget aimed at helping Soviet consumers with a $58 billion 1989 deficit in an $804 billion plan. Officials promise curbs on unprofitable state farms and companies and shift from heavy industry to living standards, with pension boosts and price reform not lowering living standards.
The FAA will speed replacement of 7,200 rivets on Boeing 737s and require electronic inspections and low altitude test runs until examined. Associate administrator Anthony Broderick said the rules add safety measures after summer data reviews and will remove aircraft only during rivet replacement, not ground the fleet.
In Barrow Alaska rescue teams despite freezing temperatures work to free two California gray whales trapped in a shrinking ice pack. Soviet icebreakers Vladimir Arseniev prepare two to three final runs to create openings as a last-ditch effort to reach open water.
George Bush secured a labor endorsement as polls show him leading Dukakis 51 to 42 nationally. Dukakis counters that Bush ads distract from alleged GOP corruption while campaigning in Missouri and defending his "average American" stance on government. Bush then travels the Pacific Coast amid economic focus and wins the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association endorsement.
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