Two Men Douse Cab Driver Then Set Her Afire
In Hawthorne California two men riding in a taxi attacked driver Mary Clark 45 of Los Angeles pouring flammable liquid on her and pushing her out as the car sped off. Police search the suburbs south of Los Angeles while authorities call it a possible drug related robbery. Clark sustained burns to 25 percent of her body and remains in serious condition.
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Tooraj Moradi
Am-Pm Taxi Co
Hawthorne
Dave Hogan
Hogan
Moradi
Clark
Karpov/Kasparov World Chess Series Tied In Leningrad
Anatoly Karpov defeated Garri Kasparov for his third straight win to tie the World Chess series in Leningrad USSR. With five games left Kasparov leads 9.5 to 6.5 but Karpov’s three consecutive victories shift momentum for the title race.
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Anatoly Karpov
Garri Kasparov
Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Kasparov
Karpov
Nurse acquitted in six Albany hospital deaths
Terri Rachals 25 was found not guilty of six counts of murder after being acquitted for deaths in Phoebe Putney Hospital during October 1985 and February 1986. She was convicted of one count of aggravated assault as not guilty on the murder charges.
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Albany, Ga
Terri Rachals
Rachals
Sam Bentley
Bentley
Imanell Gable
Superior Court
Asa Kelley
Albany
Phoebe Putney Hospital
Hobart Hind
Hind
Senate drops bill to change product liability rules
Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole moved the controversial product liability overhaul from the agenda citing limited time before adjournment. The bill aimed to curb rising insurance costs by restricting lawsuits against manufacturers.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Dole
Congress
Daniloff Case Stagnates After Third Shultz Meet
Secretary of State George Shultz held a third unscheduled talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze over Nicholas Daniloff but no deal emerged. The result leaves Daniloff confined in Moscow and negotiations ongoing with a two step plan tied to swapped dissidents and Zakharov’s fate.
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Shultz
Daniloff
United Nations
George Shultz
Eduard Shevardnadze
Nicholas Daniloff
State Department
Bernard Kalb
U.S
Kalb
Shevardnadze
U.S. News & World Report
Moscow
Gennady Gerasimov
Foreign Ministry
Ottawa
Gerasimov
Washington
New York
Gennadiy Zakharov
U.N. Secretariat
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Zakharov
Edwin Meese
Sudan Rejects Aid Air Plan Amid Rebel Threat Crisis
Khartoum rejected a pact to airlift food and medicine to Wau and Yirol citing ongoing rebel military threats. Kamil Shawki said the Cabinet refused planes to Wau, controlled by the government, and Yirol, rebel-held, as thousands in Wau face possible death.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Kamil Shawki
Wau
Yirol
Israel strikes Sidon base in Lebanon attack
An Israeli air raid hit a Palestinian guerrilla base in an olive grove east of Sidon killing one and wounding two. The attack was Israel’s second in Lebanon in three days and 11th this year, with six warplanes firing from the Mediterranean at 11:20 a.m. local time.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Israel
Mediterranean
Ashrafieh Hill
Mieh Mieh
Gazette mailing rates and subscription details
Rapids rates list weekly mail at 2.25 for Carrier editions. Morning Editions and Sunday sixteen pages cost 10.40 for four weeks, 110.00 for 52 weeks. Other states and U S territories 140.00 for 52 weeks. Postmaster notice requests republication rights and return mail to Cedar Rapids Gazette.
South Africa shuts down media center
The South African Bureau for Information will close its media inquiries center in Pretoria on Friday September 26 at noon in a bid to improve service and curb unevaluated transmissions. It will continue issuing unrest reports and will only respond to written press queries with verified facts.
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Washington Post
Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Bureau For Information
Pretoria
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Genovese Organized Crime Family
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Space Station
NASA
John Gotti
Diane Giacalone
Gambino
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