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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1992
Page
3
A Delta flight 702 landed at LaGuardia with 297 passengers and blew a nose wheel tire. The plane halted at a runway intersection, delaying some 500 flights. no injuries reported. Authorities disputed whether a fire occurred. Passengers left via stairs and were bused to the terminal.
In Huntsville Texas Billy Wayne White, 34, was executed by injection after 47 minutes of failed vein access and drug issues. He was declared dead nine minutes after the final dose. White killed Martha Spinks, 65, during a 1976 furniture store robbery. Critics call the act cruel, likening it to another recent state execution. Separate AP item notes college faculty salaries rose 3.5 percent this year, the smallest rise in over two decades, with private schools outpacing public institutions.
Hundreds of aftershocks followed a magnitude 6.1 earthquake near Palm Springs causing isolated damage and injuries. Officials warned the risk of a 7.5 or greater quake remained low but communities were urged to stay alert as USGS reported the chance under one in twenty.
Jurors in the Rodney King case began deliberations in a police beating trial of four white officers. Judge Stanley Weisberg rejected defense motions for mistrial after claims of prosecutorial hostility. Deliberations are sequestered as the judge instructs jurors on excessive force laws.
Robert Kelly Jr. was sentenced to 12 consecutive life terms for sexually abusing 99 counts against children at Little Racals Day Care Center in Edenton. Victims ages 4 to 7 testified in court while guards escorted him to prison. He faces no parole for 240 years.
The House Armed Services Committee reported that Iraqi military strength at the start of the 1991 ground war was about 183,000, far below the Pentagon’s claim of more than 500,000. The panel based its figure on 63,000 captured plus 120,000 presumed killed or escaped.
Former Washington mayor Marion Barry was released after six months for possessing cocaine. About 300 supporters rode buses from Washington, D C to Loretto Pennsylvania for a revival style gathering. Barry said he is stronger now and urged silent prayer for those affected by drugs poverty and addiction. He dodged questions about another run for office and left quietly at 5 30 am.
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