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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1988
Page
3
In Warsaw Lech Walesa met four hours with government officials and reaffirmed that there is no freedom without Solidarity. Interior Minister Kiszczak and Walesa agreed to pursue talks on Poland's future promptly.
Pope John Paul II comforted pilgrims injured in a Lesotho bus hijacking and condemned militants who think violence can solve Southern Africa's conflicts. Police had stormed the bus. all four hijackers and two passengers died, including a 14 year old girl, with twenty others injured.
A 64 year old West German man died from severe burns in a Stuttgart hospital, raising the Ramstein air show disaster death toll to 63 as of Thursday according to Juergen Dietzen, spokesman for Rhineland Palatinate state.
Mark Hofmann, the convicted bomber and Mormon documents forger, was in critical condition from an apparent drug overdose. A hospital official said a medical helicopter was dispatched to Utah State Prison after corrections officials reported the inmate's critical state.
A federal grand jury indicted Ashland Oil Inc. on misdemeanor Clean Water Act and Refuse Act violations for a January spill of more than 700000 gallons into the Monongahela River fouling drinking water in three states. FBI probes possible sabotage of shuttle O rings.
Federal investigators ruled out engine failure as the primary cause of the Aug. 31 Delta Air Lines Boeing 727 crash at Dallas Fort Worth, killing 14 of 108 aboard. NTSB said engines showed no pre impact failure and were capable of full power at impact.
In San Francisco, President Bush argues Dukakis’s governance harmed Massachusetts, claiming 26 000 jobs lost over five years while manufacturing declined, and accuses him of tax and spend excess. He also renews calls for Oliver North’s acquittal amid Iran Contra probes.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater dismissed a new book claim that 15 to 20 aides suggested invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Ronald Reagan. Reagan said there is no truth to being inattentive and denied serious thoughts of removal.
John Thiry 22 of Pittsburgh was arrested for obstructing traffic after he stood in Schenley Park Plaza with a sign reading Slow down. Police ahead with VASCAR. He says he meant to help and notes $2,000 in traffic fines over the years.
An Australian court overturns Lindy Chamberlain’s murder conviction, acquitting her of the death of her infant Azaria after an eight year saga. The Northern Territory Court of Criminal Appeal also clears her husband Michael Chamberlain of accessory to murder charges.
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