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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1994
Page
3
Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the U.S. surgeon general fired by Clinton, will rejoin the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a teacher and medical researcher returning from unpaid leave by year’s end.
The package that killed an NYC advertising executive last weekend bore three traits of the notorious mail bomber. Investigators note similarities with prior attacks, including a videotape-sized, hand crafted wooden box mailed from San Francisco. The FBI says the bomber designs deceptive targets and uses padded envelopes to appear harmless.
Case code named Unabom ties a string of bombings to universities and airlines from 1978 to 1994. Incidents include injuries at Northwestern University and Boeing, a UC Berkeley professor and computer scientist attacked, and a Sacramento fatal blast.
Richard and Helen Brown of Fort Lauderdale died by carbon monoxide in their garage to fund charity work through United Church of Christ missions. The 79 year old former broadcaster and 76 year old Alzheimer's patient left a will directing their fortune to church mission work, noting no immediate heirs. The couple previously built a media and education empire, founding the Brown Institute in Minneapolis and selling it to CBS in 1972, then moving to Florida for new ventures. Heuser, a former pastor, defended their choice and urged remembrance of their good deeds.
Doctors led by Dr. Geoffrey Sher report aspirin plus heparin nearly doubles viable pregnancy rates in IVF. In a study of 169 women, 49 percent achieved a viable pregnancy after one cycle, up from about 27 percent typical for pelvic disease patients.
FEC auditors urge President Clinton to repay over 4 million dollars to the U S Treasury for irregularities in the 1992 campaign. Most of the amount, 3.44 million, stems from ineligible federal matching funds claimed during the primary. The primary campaign owes 3.8 million while the general contributes 254,546. Matching funds are government money matched to private donations up to 250 per donor.
If your club or group needs a guest speaker, contact The Gazette and ask for managing editor Mark Bowden to arrange a visit.
A New Orleans woman asks the court to declare her daughter Judith Hart the late husband’s child and heir to obtain Social Security survivor benefits. The child was born in 1991, a year after the father’s death, in a case described as the first suit nationally to seek such benefits for a child conceived posthumously. The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy notes no state recognizes posthumously conceived children as legitimate by default, and the Social Security Administration bases legitimacy on state law.
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