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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1990
Page
4
Concrete debris from a Pittsburgh bridge at Interstate 376 ripped through windshields and damaged several cars on a Sunday afternoon injuring four people. A motorist recalled glass exploding in her car while state troopers described neck and shoulder injuries to one occupant.
In Little Rock a black activist punched white supremacist Ralph Forbes on camera during a TV studio interview and endorsed him over a black rival in the lieutenant governor runoff. McIntosh said the blows were to punish Forbes for blocking his flag burning protest. Forbes planned to press charges as the station aired the scuffle during its newscast.
Santa Monica Calif Pop superstar Michael Jackson 51 was treated in an emergency room after chest pains at St John s Hospital and Health Center. Spokesman Bob Jones and hospital official Paulette Weir said he is in stable condition with appropriate tests under way. No immediate word on admission.
Thomas Baal, 26, was executed by lethal injection in Carson City for fatally slashing a Las Vegas bus driver. He ate pizza and doughnuts and sent love to his parents before death, saying Jesus was taking him home. His parents, Edwin and Doris Baal of Mesa, Colorado, had argued he was mentally incompetent and tried to intervene.
Cap-Stun Inc reports sales exceeding $1 million as pepper spray devices shrink to pocket size. Gardner Whitcomb says more than 1,000 police agencies have switched from mace since the FBI adopted pepper spray last fall, per The Denver Post.
A Justice Department study shows local jail inmate count rising to 395,553 on June 30 1989, up 15 percent from 343,569 a year earlier. Local jail capacity grew 8 percent between mid 1988 and mid 1989, reflecting sustained overcrowding and transfer of inmates to state facilities.
Prospective jurors were summoned today for the federal drug and perjury trial of Mayor Marion Barry. About 250 DC voters began filling out paperwork for a potential panel of 12 to decide if the 54 year old mayor should be found guilty. Prosecutors have signaled interest in a felony plea and a deal that would force his removal from office.
Washington reports that the U S Soviet summit produced no German unification deal and left Lithuania under Moscow's blockade while Gorbachev gained stature amid opposition. Bush and Gorbachev showcased a friendly dynamic, yet analysts warn Moscow faces splits over Baltic independence and German NATO inclusion amid Yeltsin’s rising power.
Gorbachev and Bush closed a four day Washington summit with praise for a new superpower rapport and annual meetings. They offered little on Lithuania or a unified Germany and noted a trade agreement while highlighting mutual trust amid Cold War tensions. Gorbachev urged U.S. business leaders to engage with his country’s economy.
Moscow reports President Mikhailo Gorbachev has second thoughts and may cancel plans for a national referendum on the government's unpopular economic reform to raise prices. After an initial Kremlin announcement, doubts grew during a week of opposition and a U S visit indicated the referendum could be too risky amid public resistance to higher food prices.
Raisa Gorbachev speaks with warmth to 6,000 on Garfield Avenue South in a long Minneapolis visit. She tours, asks about family finances, housing costs and daily life, while engaging with hosts Steve and Karen Watson. The scene contrasts Soviet openness with American middle income life.
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev rejects Israel invitation to visit and assess Jewish refugee settling in occupied Arab territories. He cites that the time has not yet come. He warns that if guarantees on settlement are not provided the USSR may curb Jewish emigration. Baker seeks breakthrough on German issue in Copenhagen with Rameter, Genscher.
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