17 Apr 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1991
Page
1
About 130 members of the 2nd Battalion D Battery 14th Marines are due to land at Waterloo Municipal Airport around noon Thursday. They will march a half mile along Airport Boulevard to buses starting about 1 p.m. Spectators are urged to line the route to greet the returning troops.
Craig and Scott Quinby are long time restorer technicians who revive vintage cars and trucks. Their work is highlighted in Neighbors magazine detailing projects, methods, and craft.
In La Jolla California AP reports No Moon Patients Gowns has designed a nightshirt like hospital gown that stays close to the body and closes tightly in back with Velcro fasteners. The main drawback is the price tag at 16.35 dollars per gown.
A light joke notes a pearl diver’s job runs backward from top to bottom. The gag plays on starting high and ending low as a humorous twist on a diver’s trade.
President Bush announced allied forces would establish temporary encampments in northern Iraq to aid tens of thousands of Kurds fleeing Saddam Hussein. The plan, to be handed to the United Nations, aims to provide relief while avoiding a U S occupation of Iraqi territory.
Cedar Rapids officials and the Police Department plan a new outreach to redirect youths from downtown streets to a well lit public parking lot at First Street SW Lot 20 near the Cedar River. The program aims to start May 1 and provides a safe place away from traffic to reduce loitering and disturbances.
A 15 year old Regis High School freshman Mitch McWhinney was killed when a homemade bomb exploded in a Cedar Rapids basement workshop. The blast ripped through ceilings and walls just before 6 p.m. as investigators search for device details. His parents were upstairs unharmed. authorities say the blast appears to be an in progress bomb making incident with no known link to recent local pipe bomb arrests.
Rail strike discussion centers on Purethane Inc. in West Branch with 235000 freight workers affected nationwide. If assembly plants lose rail shipments, demand for Purethane products could vanish. Railroads carry large shares of coal paper lumber and autos, underscoring potential national ripple effects.
Lonnie Zingula and Swenka faced a rare theft when all four wheels vanished from Swenka 23 of 2206 Upland Dr SE as he found his car raised on blocks before dawn. Cedar Rapids police noted wheel thefts are common, though four wheels are unusual and thieves often simply drop cars onto the pavement.
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