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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1994
Page
3
Inmates at the Florence federal prison rioted and lit scattered fires in the recreation yard, but authorities quelled the disturbance within two hours. Some inmates were injured. no staff injuries reported. The facility houses about 1,140 inmates, well over half Drug and alcohol convictions.
Comedian William Hicks died at his parents’ home in Little Rock Arkansas from pancreatic cancer on Saturday at age 32. He appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and performed in clubs and theaters worldwide. Hicks produced two comedy albums and starred in two Home Box Office specials One Night Stand and Bill Hicks Revelations Live from the Domin.
A bomb exploded during communion at Notre Dame De La Delavrance in Jounieh Lebanon killing nine of 250 worshipers and wounding at least sixty. Four mortars were found undetonated and later defused. Authorities blamed Israel amid regional tensions and linked the attack to security concerns ahead of Pope John Paul II’s Lebanon visit.
Washington AP reports that Congress is unlikely to pass President Clinton's 1342 page health care reform bill this week though universal coverage and guaranteed benefits remain goals. Subcommittee leaders plan to start from scratch, while labor backs the plan with a $10 million pledge.
In Clarksdale Mississippi residents lament two weeks after the February ice storm. George Jones a 77 year old retiree supports eleven people on under $1000 monthly and asks for aid. Joyce Talbert with six children endures freezing nights without power while awaiting federal help.
California education officials ban Pulitzer winner Alice Walker's Am I Blue from this year's statewide English test marking the second removal in a month. Excerpts from Annie Dillard's An American Childhood are also vetoed for violent imagery while Roselily was dropped earlier amid complaints.
Cape Canaveral reports a seven member crew five Americans and 12 rats prepare for a 14 day shuttle flight. No spacewalks or satellites. Researchers will test a drug to stimulate bone growth and study crystal growth metal melting magnet testing gas glow and urine collection during weightlessness.
Bonnie Haldeman, mother of David Koresh, looks back on the Waco siege a year later. She defends her son, claims he appeared in dreams, and says the raid was a travesty, noting the Feb 28 gunfight and 51 day siege ending in Mount Carmel fire.
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