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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1990
Page
3
An explosion and fire at a shut-down petroleum well 15 miles north of Grand Isle left one worker dead and five missing. Coast Guard teams searched Barataria Bay marshes for the missing workers. The cause whether gas or oil remains undetermined.
The New Jersey Appellate Division ruled the prosecutor overstepped by tying a possession case to the war on drugs, granting Curtis Gerald a new trial. Gerald had faced one year of probation and $1,530 in fines and assessments after his conviction for possessing four tenths of a gram of cocaine.
A Delta rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying a satellite to expand international telephone and facsimile services on ships planes trains and other vehicles. The 125 foot rocket reached orbit about 44 minutes after liftoff.
The Commerce Department reports real GNP at a 1.8 percent annual rate from July to September, higher than expected but still seen as weak. Analysts warn the data are preliminary and do not reflect Gulf crisis oil-price effects, signaling possible recession in late 1990s.
A 160 pound eight point buck attacked and killed 61 year old Charlie Jackson Coleman as he walked along a rural road in Caldwell. Deputies shot the deer after it charged them and an autopsy cites crushed skull and over 100 hoof and puncture injuries. Wildlife officials warn deer can be aggressive during mating season and report another buck attack near Beaumont days later.
Ramon Salcido, a former winery worker, was found guilty of six counts of first degree murder for a spree in Sonoma Valley that killed seven people including his wife and two daughters. He was convicted of second degree murder for the seventh slaying and faces a possible death sentence at San Quentin.
Amateur astronomers led by Ted Molczan of Toronto sight a bright object 503 miles up, identified as the secret payload launched on March 1 aboard Atlantis. Novosti reported four fragments in orbit, suggesting the satellite survived a supposed catastrophic failure. Pentagon comments remain cautious about the mission’s implications.
A lawyers group and medical experts urge the U S government to tighten safeguards for asthma patients using theophylline. They call for banning over the counter theophylline products and warn physicians and patients of its risks as a drug that can save or kill. Schering Plough counters that the action is self serving publicity.
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