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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1988
Page
3
DEA judge Francis Young recommended legalizing marijuana as a prescription drug for MS and chemotherapy related nausea. The decision would place marijuana on Schedule II, but the administrator must issue the final ruling. Marijuana now sits on Schedule I with severe penalties.
In Nicosia reports, Iran's state agency says President Khamenei refused Prime Minister Moussavi's resignation and Ayatollah Khomeini voiced anger toward him. Moussavi calls himself a small servant and says he offered to resign over Cabinet approval hurdles for eight ministers.
Israeli troops sealed off the West Bank town of Qalqilya cutting telephone lines and establishing makeshift bases. An around the clock curfew was ordered with all roads into the 24 000 resident town closed as arrests were made in a new tactic to crush the uprising.
Nearly 200 Foreign Ministry officials quit the Burma Socialist Program Party in protest of President Maung Maung’s faltering government. The resignations came as mobs looted warehouses for fish and rice, worsening chaos in the besieged regime.
An 86 000 ton tanker the Anangel Greatness exploded during maintenance near Perama Greece killing seven and injuring 16. About 25 workers were aboard along with the crew. Authorities ruled out terrorism attributing the blast to gas fumes and possible welding ignition. Captain Anastasios Theocharis said the ship had been certified gas free before sailing for repairs.
Presidential rivals George Bush and Michael Dukakis faced loud demonstrations in Portland Oregon and Niles Illinois with protesters calling Bush a union buster and Dukakis a baby killer. A third debate format remained under negotiation as Brountas and Baker planned further talks.
Israel reels from a bribe scheme in which up to thousands paid to evade military service. Police arrested 16 people including officers and doctors as the army warned the scandal strikes at the IDF core belief in mandatory service.
About 300 people fled a propane tank explosion at Tree House Fun Ranch in Devore California. The blaze injured a man with burns over 50 percent and a woman with minor injuries, damaged several buildings, and burned three acres before containment. Authorities ruled out arson.
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