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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1991
Page
3
The 25th annual survey by the American Council on Education and UCLA shows increasing student activism, with more freshmen seeking impact on social issues like environment and race instead of pursuing business careers. Teaching and nursing interest rise modestly while business majors fall from 1987 peak.
Soviet troops fired on and seized two Lithuanian checkpoints near the Byelorussian border, roughing workers and ordering posts shut. In Riga, police jeered Latvia’s president calling for Interior Minister Vaznis’s resignation as pro Moscow factions gain ground. A Lithuanian worker was wounded by a Soviet shot at a checkpoint. officials cite ongoing Baltic crackdown with 19 killed since Jan. 13.
In Nairobi AP reports rebels gained control of Somalia after a month of heavy fighting. A Western doctor says rebels seized the airport and main radio station. Siad Barre's whereabouts are unknown with rebel spokesman Mohamed Robleh stating Barre may have been captured at the airport.
In Sebokeng South Africa about 15 000 mourners gathered at the township stadium to bury 39 ANC supporters killed in the massacre near the cemetery vigil two days earlier Police and the military set up roadblocks fearing further violence Youths altered ANC slogans as the funerals proceeded One of the buried mourners was Mphikeleli Christoffel Nangalembe found strangled near Sebokeng on January 5.
Seven self-styled psychics were arrested in Independence after a five month undercover probe found they profited commercially from palm and card readings. Police say one officer paid up to 49 for four visits and was charged 10 on Saturday.
Two gold inlaid 1851 Colt pistols, including the mate to a gun once given to the czar of Russia, sold for a record 352009 dollars at Christie's. An anonymous London dealer bought them after a British collector sold the pieces, praised for Gustave Young engraving and Colt craftsmanship.
Ming, granted political asylum after three months at Krome Detention Center near Miami, thanks the judge as dozens of refugees flee China’s 1989 crackdown. INS parole policy may release more detainees while they seek asylum, with 13 Chinese released this week and 62 remaining. Activists credit officials in Washington for a sudden shift, saying the Chinese were unjustly detained.
Washington AP reports President Bush will deliver the State of the Union amid the Persian Gulf War and a strained economy. He plans few domestic proposals, citing wartime spending, and will spend about half the address on the war with an upbeat view of its end.
Reports from Port au Prince say a coup attempt sparked street violence Sunday. Independent radio accounts place the death toll at ten with fourteen wounded. Victims include four alleged members of the Duvalier family and six protesters shot by soldiers.
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