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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1991
Page
3
In DES PLAINES Illinois a 37 year old woman was bound injured and slashed then placed in a car trunk for eight days. She freed herself by prying a lock with a spare fire bracket. Police say Don Juan Blackmon 2 faces multiple charges and $500000 bail.
In Chattanooga Krystal promotes its tiny Krystal burger with ads featuring a disembodied head named Bob in pickups, yards, henhouses and grilles. Advertising Age rates the campaign three of four stars while some parents say the spots frighten children and cause nightmares.
World response to Mikhail Gorbachev plea for help grows. Raisa Gorbachev attends a ceremony where a Japanese foundation pledges equipment for disaster relief. A radioactive cloud spread from the April 1986 reactor blast across Byelorussia Ukraine and Europe. Official Soviet toll is 32 dead, while Ukraine scientists and radicals claim as many as 250 to 10,000.
In Tokyo diners chase lively seafood as fish are served flopping on plates. Sunao Uehara of Chunagon in Ginza notes energy and movement appeal. Shrimp flounder lobster and other energetic entrees join firefly squid loaches sea bream and young yellowtail. Waiters present wiggling fish then gut them and slice for dipping in soy and horseradish.
A 4000 strong state employee walkout spreads to the Montana Developmental Center and state hospital, with 300 guardsmen already stationed at prisons and veterans homes as weather forecasts predict up to four feet of snow. The action follows a restraining order expiration and includes road crews among strikers. In Washington, a National Women’s Political Caucus survey shows women hold 113 cabinet posts, fewer than one in five, down from 149 in 1989.
Bloomsburg University theater professor Karen Anselm says two Renaissance period costumes and a hat stolen from the school play Bamboozled valued at 1700 dollars forced quick replacements. She notes 15 hours have been spent already on new outfits as Friday’s performance nears.
Kurdish refugees are flowing down from rugged mountains near Zakho as Iraqi forces retreat from the northern town near the first allied refugee camp. U S President Bush said the United States will keep forces in Iraq to aid Kurds, with the UN to take over running the Zakho camp soon.
Gorbachev condemns hard liners after fending off a bid to oust him as party general secretary. He pledges firm action to halt strikes, restore production, and deepen anti crisis measures while promising ongoing top level unity with nine republic leaders. Police and troops brace Moscow ahead of May Day events.
Tornadoes roared through Oklahoma and Kansas killing at least 32 with Andover losing 22 lives as a mobile home park collapsed. Wichita, Copan, Holmesville and other areas reported deaths and damage while Nebraska and Iowa suffered structural losses and hail battered Arkansas and East Texas.
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