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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1994
Page
1
The California Golden Bears crushed the Hawkeyes 37 to 3 in the inaugural Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Texas. Cal played superbly while Iowa appeared overwhelmed as coverage spread across pages 1C and 3C with local photos on page 2B.
Michelle Renae Daugherty, once of Cedar Rapids, was buried Friday after a murder in California last week. Mourners face unanswered questions as to motive and circumstances. Details appear on page 1B.
Surgeons at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics performed the 100th kidney transplant this year setting a record for the facility. Details on page 2B.
Iowa women's basketball team edges to title with a last second three as time ran out in a dramatic victory. The game featured a disputed 3 by Tunsil and a final heroic shot to secure the championship.
A federal tax increase takes effect today, targeting high wage earners and better-off retirees. The measure will impact top earners starting this year and is outlined in further detail on page 6C.
The Gazette selects the Great Flood of 1993 as the top news story of the year with Baby Jessica’s custody battle in second place. Readers and staff share their picks in Iowa Today.
The Department of Veterans Affairs ordered a review of isotope lab work at VA facilities including Iowa City Medical Center. VA secretary Jesse Brown said cooperation with agencies and Congress is required as the probe examines potential patient involvement in nuclear medicine research from the 1940s and 1950s.
Cedar Rapids Sgt. Bernie Walther was wounded in the left arm during a federal drug search at 1435 Third St SW. The suspect, Carl Bright, 33, was shot and is in the intensive care unit. Five people at the residence were charged with disorderly house.
In Gonaives and across northern Haiti fuel shortages from a U.N. embargo halted food aid shipments. CARE, the largest aid provider, had already cut 115,000 from hot food programs and on Thursday sent its last grain and oil for 300,000 more. Warehouses near empty, feeding centers serving 185,000 face dwindling supplies and potential hunger.
Iowa logged 1993 as the wettest year on record and the coldest since 1979, with statewide precipitation about 48 inches and only three days at or above 90 degrees. Climatologist Harry Hillaker cites Mount Pinatubo’s 1991 eruption as a key factor shaping cooler, stormier conditions.
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