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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1990
Page
2
Dick Clark and company host a New Year’s Eve broadcast turning the night into a festival of music and countdowns. The program features musical guests and live performances as the countdown to midnight nears.
The Clemons House in Coggon is transformed into a museum and event hall after a $25,000 redevelopment. Once slated for demolition, the building now serves as a preserved historic site and community venue.
Neal Allen served as a military policeman in Vietnam about 20 years ago and witnessed death and destruction. He now serves as the pastor at the Springville and Linn Grove Presbyterian churches, offering the war’s perspective to his congregations.
The 134 members of D Battery, 2nd Battalion of the Marine Corps reserves based in Waterloo will ship out to Saudi Arabia on Monday. They have trained at Camp Lejeune since December 1 and will be attached to the Marine Corps 2nd Expeditionary Force. D Battery’s eight 155mm howitzers are already in Saudi Arabia.
Unlike the Iowa Hawkeyes, Washington invites fans to view a Rose Bowl practice in Pasadena. Also notes California trip does not exempt players from flu. Washington quarterback hits a 24 hour illness. Details on page 10.
A lighthearted remark notes that in a backward country children continue to obey their parents, highlighting cultural norms and contrasts with other societies in a concise joke-like observation.
The Pentagon announced plans to inoculate U S troops in the Persian Gulf against germ warfare by Iraq. Concurrently a 17 ship armada carrying 16 000 Marines and sailors sails from Norfolk to bolster forces near Kuwait, aiming for about 430 000 in region by January 15.
Waukon schoolteacher Cora Rueggenmeier left $904,335 to regional nonprofits after her death at 97. Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon received $255,625. Upper Iowa University in Fayette got $213,021. Allamakee County Historical Society $170,417. Various Waukon churches and the burial ground association were also named. She lived frugally, in a seven room house later auctioned for $37,000.
Nearly 300 Iowa fans aboard three chartered University of Iowa Alumni Association flights faced extensive delays as fog grounded air traffic around Cedar Rapids. With four more chartered flights planned, officials expected Rose Bowlbound crowds to swell, though most travelers arrived after 3 PM.
Inzenesian Wil recalls two high profile AIM trials in the Cedar Rapids Federal Building led by U S District Judge Edward McManus. The cases linked to the 1973 Wounded Knee takeover and the Pine Ridge conflict featured Marlon Brando attendance and a chaotic Seminole Valley Park incident.
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