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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1988
Page
5
American Airlines Flight 874 from Dallas Fort Worth landed at Richmond International Airport after a note saying a bomb was on board. FBI and Virginia State Police investigated as dogs searched the MD-80 and 125 passengers were evacuated.
A Newton Massachusetts gunman Kenneth Bernstein aged 27 held Michael Steinberg captive inside a home while a large police force including a SWAT rifle team formed a barricade outside. An armed standoff persisted as officers protected by a car body bunker closed in on the location.
Washington report says the federal securities probe into Drexel Burnham Lambert widens to examine whether corporate raider Saul Steinberg used an illegal stock parking scheme with Drexel junk bond chief Michael Milken. Investigators seek to determine if Steinberg evaded insurance laws by parking Wickes Cos shares to gain control during bankruptcy.
Coast Guard crews and planes scour a 200 by 90 mile area after the 254 foot cargo ship Lloyd's Bermuda capsized off Nantucket. Three were rescued and two died. six crewmen remain missing in 45 to 50 degree water amid 25 to 50 knot winds and 10 foot seas.
Prime Minister Branko Mikulic and his 30 member cabinet submitted a collective resignation as Yugoslavia faces soaring inflation and worsening economy. Mikulic to address parliament about the action, government will stay on until a new prime minister is named, with Raif Dizdarevic as head of state. Inflation surged from 90 percent in 1986 to about 250 percent, with fears of 300 to 500 percent next year and Western creditors owe $21 billion. Labor unrest grows with strikes rising to about 1,500 events involving roughly 400,000 workers this year.
Geneva based officials report Soviet Jewish emigration reached an eight year peak in 1988 as Gorbachev eased exit limits. December arrivals totaled 3,700, pushing year to date westward emigrants to 20,272 and Israel share to 5-10 percent.
A camouflage clad gunman from Iowa City seized four women at Possibilities Hair Salon in Omaha around 3 p.m. Thursday and had not released them by early Friday morning. Police negotiators continued to seek the gunman’s demands as several hostages were freed. Authorities said the suspect had a handgun and had asked for some conditions, with officers not disclosing details. The hostages are reportedly being treated well as negotiations proceed by telephone.
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