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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1988
Page
3
Secretary of State George Shultz denounced Iraq for unjustifiable and abhorrent chemical weapon use against Kurds. In a 50 minute meeting with senior Iraqi diplomat Sadoon Hamadi he warned that U S relations could deteriorate further if human rights abuses persist.
Yuri Churbanov, son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev, admitted guilt in abuse of office while denying bribe charges. The trial, focused on 1,500 pages of corruption accusations, continued as Judge Mikhail Marov questioned him about understanding the charges.
A strike and protests paralyzed Rangoon, Burma, as troops opened fire on looters. Demonstrators demand democracy and an end to the ruling one party after 26 years of impoverishment.
Astronauts in orange pressure suits ran a successful practice countdown at Cape Canaveral as NASA aims to launch the first space shuttle since the Challenger disaster. A launch date is expected to be announced Wednesday after a two day flight readiness review. Officials consider September 26 to 29 as possible windows.
Navy investigators testified to Congress that three minutes before ordering missiles the Vincennes skipper Will Rogers acknowledged an officer warning it could be a commercial airliner. The warning came from the combat information center as other factors led to the mistaken attack on the Iranian plane.
Firefighters sealed off nearly all of Yellowstone National Park except a small stretch of road after fires around the Old Faithful area scorched over 1 million acres. Mammoth Hot Springs remained the sole open tourist site as crews saved two Montana towns and evacuated residents. Fires expanded across seven states with 3.65 million acres burned, but no direct fatalities reported.
The House backed amendments to an anti drug bill allowing federal death sentences for murder during drug felonies and denying federal benefits for two narcotics offenses. The death penalty vote was 299 to 111 and the benefit denial 335 to 67 as debates continued.
Washington AP reports George Bush and Michael Dukakis tentatively agree on September 25 for the first presidential debate. A Wake Forest University venue in Winston-Salem will host the telecast with a second debate set for October 13 or 14 depending on the American League baseball playoffs.
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