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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1996
Page
3
FBI assists in investigation after a Feb 1 derailment between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The Los Angeles Times reports possible sabotage with two confirmed deaths. No official comment from authorities.
Providence Journal Brown poll of 927 adults Jan 29 to Feb 4 finds nearly half likening the system to poison ivy and urging roots pulled. Respondent Audrey Hendrick calls for cleaning house amid lobbying and corporate corruption. Outsider candidates may benefit.
Fifty years ago this week the ENIAC was demonstrated at the University of Pennsylvania. It filled a room with 50 tons of gear yet could count to 5000 in a fifth of a second. Its creators Mauchly and Eckert pioneered digital processing shaping spaceflight and modern aviation. The machine is now housed mainly at the Smithsonian.
The California serial killer William Bonin, known as the Freeway Killer, faces a February 23 execution on death row at San Quentin after his conviction for 14 murders in Los Angeles and Orange counties. He and accomplices terrorized hitchhikers in the late 1970s, fueling a national mania over serial killers.
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