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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1988
Page
3
The FAA ordered airlines to install wind shear detection devices on all aircraft 30 seats or more within four years. Cost estimated at 40000 to 50000 dollars per plane, reflecting a Transportation Department regulation to improve safety against deadly wind shear events.
Senate Democrats failed to curb a Republican filibuster on a bill to raise the wage floor from 3.35 to 3.75 in January 1990 and to 4.15 in 1990 and 4.55 in 1991. The 53-43 vote fell seven shy of the 60 needed, halting further debate after 30 hours.
A piece of the engine broke off a four engine DeHavilland 7 turboprop puncturing a window and injuring as many as nine passengers as the craft approached Albany County Airport. The Wednesday landing was to carry 13 passengers and three crew members.
Crown Prince Akihito assumed all duties while Emperor Hirohito, bedbound with a serious illness, ate ice and watched sumo on TV. In Japan, over 23,000 people signed recovery registries at 12 sites nationwide amid the world’s longest reigning monarch’s health crisis. In Haiti, rebels scaled back purges of army commanders but hunted Duvalier regime henchmen, according to independent radio reports.
Lebanon's army commander General Michel Aoun to head a six member military government after President Amin Gemayel, unable to form a civilian cabinet, issues decrees five minutes before his term ends. Aoun also serves as defense and information minister as clashes erupt along the Green Line and militia leaders are killed.
Vice President Bush campaigned in Dukakis territory with the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association backing him while Dukakis rallied law enforcement officials from across the country for a red white and blue Statehouse lawn event. Bush framed the fight as values based on crime, while Dukakis accused him of twisting the truth in the campaign.
In the Caucasus two southern Soviet republics saw tanks and troops deploy as Armenians and Azerbaijanis clash. Protests surged with crowds marching in Yerevan and Stepanakert, where a curfew was set and the prosecutor's office attacked.
The House approved a bill that would fund AIDS testing and counseling for prisoners convicted of prostitution sexual assault or intravenous drug abuse. A push to publish positive test names was defeated and a move to test all marriage license applicants was rejected.
A former Mexican state policeman Raul Lopez Alvarez, 29, was convicted in Los Angeles of six felony counts for the 1985 kidnapping and torture murder of U S drug agent Enrique Camarena and his pilot in Guadalajara. The verdict threats U S Mexican ties and corruption exposure. Jurors weigh two other defendants, Rene Verdugo Urquidez and Jesus Felix Gutierrez, in connection with the case.
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