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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1988
Page
3
A Jewish settler fires at soldiers after his car is hit by a firebomb, wounding two Israeli troops as he believed militants were attack threats. Palestinians die in clashes. a third dies from earlier wounds amid ongoing violence.
Thousands flood central Dhaka amid Buriganga River floodwaters. President Ershad appeals internationally for food helicopters and boats after touring submerged neighborhoods and countryside where burials are hindered by the floodwaters.
Florala Mayor H T Mathis, who drew national attention with a National Voodoo Week proclamation and pardons for drunken drivers, was impeached and removed from office after jurors found him guilty. He fled the Covington County Courthouse as the verdict was read.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking HUD from selling foreclosed houses to the highest bidder, pending further deliberation. The order covers nationwide sales but excludes contracts already made, with Iowa bidding dates set for Sept. 15 unless delated. The suit, led by homeless advocates, claims HUD violated the Homeless Assistance Act of 1987.
Solidarity head Lech Walesa urged local grievances be settled and proposed suspending strikes as round table talks over trade union pluralism and legalization proceed. He spoke after meeting Interior Minister Kiszczak and conferred with strikers at Lenin Shipyard, with further talks planned. He also met church officials in Warsaw.
George Bush proclaimed himself a lifelong environmentalist on Lake Erie and pledged a set timetable to cut acid rain with Congress. He proposed a first-year global conference on the greenhouse effect and wetlands protection, while attacking Dukakis on prior environmental policy.
The United States threatened to suspend or terminate the 1972 ABM treaty if the Soviet Union does not dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar in Siberia. Washington said the radar’s existence blocks future arms agreements and noted additional concerns about two radars near Kiev. Talks in Geneva on START and space defense continue.
Alan Abel known as the Happy Hoaxer admits posing as Omar Rockford operator of a New York beggars school. He recruited actors to portray beggars to expose media gullibility and light a social comment amid crime reports.
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