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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1989
Page
2
Florida gun owners seek trigger locks and safety devices as a new bill could jail adults for leaving weapons within reach of children. Guns shops report locks and safes now among the most sought after items since the measure advanced this week.
The Pittston Coal Group declined a mediation invitation from West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton aimed at ending the 16 month United Mine Workers strike. UMW President Richard Trumka accepted. Pittston head Paul Douglas urged UMW leaders to halt the strike instead.
American aid worker Chris George 35 of Montclair New Jersey. co director of Save the Children Federation was freed after about 30 hours in captivity in Gaza City. He said captors treated him well and urged Bush to meet with Yasser Arafat. A letter from kidnappers called for world opinion focused on Palestinian independence and mentioned a meeting between Francois Mitterrand and Arafat. The I sraeli army blamed terrorists linked to the PLO and the Palestinian Popular Army was cited by a US official as responsible. George was seized near the Save the Children office and freed at a UN hostel before returning to Ramallah.
The Senate, angered by a Supreme Court ruling, advanced a measure banning desecration of the flag with penalties up to a year in prison or a $1000 fine. Senator Biden tied the bill to child care legislation and argued it mirrors a constitutional amendment aim. House leadership warned changes to the First Amendment would be slow.
Quincy Massachusetts schools cut the ninth grade to graduation dropout rate by half through alternatives such as day care for teen mothers, vocational training for the disabled, and night classes for working teens. They track ninth graders to gauge success, with strong emphasis on counseling and flexible scheduling including GED options and junior college courses.
The 987 foot Exxon Valdez was towed from Out side Bay at Naked Island by two tugboats toward Hinchenbrook Entrance and the Gulf of Alaska. A third tug and salvage boat followed as a protesting fishing craft watched. The voyage marks a $25 million hull repair project after the oil spill.
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