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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1990
Page
12
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee voted behind closed doors to trim 77000 armed forces personnel as part of the 1991 defense spending plan. The panel did not reveal service-by-service breakdowns. President Bush continues to deploy troops to the Persian Gulf.
Justice Minister Seiroku Kajiyama apologized after drawing foreign backlash when he compared black Americans to prostitutes and said mixed neighborhoods force whites out. He retracted the remarks at a Tokyo news conference amid arrests of foreign women accused of prostitution.
Police said about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Portland Hilton as Vice President Quayle spoke. Paint-filled balloons, bottles and firecrackers were hurled at officers. No injuries were reported. Demonstrators carried signs opposing oil, fascism and the Gulf buildup while shouting antiwar and anti-government chants.
The Defense Department report on Soviet Military Power 1990 notes a drop in Soviet military spending and arms production last year. It says the Kremlin is shifting toward defending the homeland and reducing external adventurism, while internal unrest makes military capabilities hard to assess.
Deputies stormed a La Verne McDonald’s after gunmen seized 20 hostages. SWAT used flash bangs to divert the shooter. 12 were freed from the basement, eight more rescued as the suspect was captured. An 18-year-old assistant manager aided operations. two men were arrested for armed robbery and false imprisonment.
Pope John Paul II issued a 49 page document affirming academic freedom while keeping church oversight. It drops bishops hiring and firing power but requires most faculty to be Catholic and that theologians adhere to church teaching. The United States, with 235 Catholic colleges, welcomed the clarified stance as effect begins in 1991. Meanwhile the surgeon general reports quitting smoking yields immediate health benefits for all ages and risks drop significantly by age 50.
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