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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1995
Page
3
An 88-year-old man in Portland Indiana survived hours in freezing weather with his dog after slipping on a back porch. He wore only a light sweater as temperatures hovered near 20 and six inches of snow fell. His body temperature dropped to 80 degrees as rescuers found him.
The Senate backed a GOP welfare overhaul 52 to 47 but sent the measure to President Clinton short of veto override votes. It replaces Aid to Families with Dependent Children with block grants, caps funding for seven years, and would cut food stamps and aid to immigrants and disabled children.
The Clinton administration released a White House lawyer notes from a 1993 Whitewater meeting prompting questions about whether inside information was discussed. Sen. D Amato called for clarification on a vacuuming reference to Rose Law files and potential wrongdoing from White House aides.
The Army identified 22 members or affiliates of the 82nd Airborne Division with skinhead links after an internal probe sparked by the December 7 killings of a black couple. No formal ties to movements were found. 17 of the 22 were white supremacist or separatist in outlook.
President Clinton signed an act naming a 1.9 million square foot federal building the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The facility will be the second largest federal building in Washington, with the Pentagon the only bigger structure. Senator Moynihan called the naming for a great president and a good cause.
NPR issued an on air apology after commentator Andrei Codrescu drew criticism from the Christian Coalition for remarks about the return of Christ. He said the evaporation of four million believers would leave the world a better place, prompting NPR to say the joke crossed a line of taste and tolerance.
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