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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1996
Page
3
A former McDonalds employee, Jody Tyrone Gordon, 24, of Vallejo, was booked on one murder and two attempted homicide charges after entering a Vallejo restaurant and shooting three young women. Police linked the case to a past armed robbery conviction and noted Gordon had recently applied for his old job.
Leftist Tupac Amaru rebels freed 20 hostages at the Japan embassy residence in Lima including Dominican Republic Ambassador Jose Ramon Diaz and Malaysian Ambassador Ahmad Mukhtar Sela after talks with the government. Dozens more remain in rebel hands as negotiations continue.
In Greenville and two other cases this week a Cabbage Patch Snack Time Kid doll bit into hair. Three-year-old Carly Mize from Easley had a patch of hair pulled from her scalp when the doll attached to the back of her head. Mattel reports fewer than 10 similar incidents since the doll's September release.
A White House official led a working group to oversee campaign activities aimed at boosting Clinton among Asian Americans as the DNC planned fund raising. The memo dated 1996 notes a goal to raise seven million dollars from Asian donors and warns of legal limits on official involvement in fundraising. Matsui denied fundraising role and legality barred her from soliciting contributions.
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