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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1994
Page
3
In New York, four men attempted a robbery at City Lite near Times Square. Police say hostages were taken for about two hours, a customer was wounded, and all hostages were freed. One suspect was captured during a flee attempt while others barricaded inside and exchanged gunfire with officers.
Washington AP reports 72 officers were killed by gunfire in 1993, over half of all line of duty deaths. The National Association of Chiefs of Police notes 1993 firearms deaths push the total shooting deaths to 2,278 since 1960, with final tallies expected as agencies report.
Gunmen killed 13 people in a mountain home near Cunday, 75 miles southwest of Bogota. Mayor Guillermo Lozano said five assailants staged the killings ending with two suspected romance-driven motives. Police provided no further details.
President Boris Yeltsin delivered a New Year’s Eve address urging citizens to support peace efforts in a year marked by inflation, falling production, rising nationalism, and a Communist comeback. He described keeping peace as his main task and warned it would be difficult without public backing.
Ulster Freedom Fighters, the Ulster Defence Association’s militant wing, vow to persist with violence in 1994. They dismiss the Anglo Irish peace plan and reserve the right to respond militarily while they view nationalist violence and political coercion as ongoing threats.
Associated Press reports a largely peaceful New Year as bells rang in Japan and crowds gathered across Europe. Paris and Madrid hosted festive scenes while Hanoi hosted a jazz jam and North Korea staged a formal celebration. Philippines officials organized a public display amid ongoing risks from past years. A Gaza camp incident left a 21 year old with an eye injury as Fatah marked its 29th anniversary.
A federal judge ruled the District of Columbia Fire Department must permit a hepatitis B carrier to perform mouth to mouth resuscitation, finding no direct threat and citing no transmission cases. Health officials criticized the ruling as dangerous, while advocates cite the Rehabilitation Act and ADA protections for the disabled.
Four people died and five were wounded in a Cape Town pub shooting claimed by the Azanian People's Liberation Army and the Azanian National Liberation Army. Leaders from black and white communities urged unity to ensure violence does not derail South Africa's first multiracial elections set for April 27, with Nelson Mandela and F W de Klerk commenting from Oslo. Desmond Tutu condemned the carnage and Mandela's ANC called the acts terrorism that harms the electoral process.
Fidel Castro’s granddaughter Alina-Maria Salgado-Fernandez, 16, reunites with her mother Alina Fernandez Revuelta in Columbus, Georgia after Fernandez defected from Cuba. The pair, joined by Elena Amos, toast the New Year and plan to pursue life in the United States. Fernandez says the reunion highlights Cuban families seeking relatives abroad. The father granted permission for the girl to depart Cuba.
Four snowmobilers died in an avalanche on Peter's Ridge in the Swan Range near Kalispell. Two were rescued with minor injuries and a child is missing. Six victims are from Lethbridge area and one from Kalispell. Rescue teams used flood lights, helicopters, ski patrols, and dogs as responders searched overnight.
Jose Luis Inciarte, one of 16 survivors of the Andes plane crash, won a $2.5 million New Year lottery prize. His wife said 11 family members who bought tickets for 1,500 pesos ($450) will share about $160,000 after taxes.
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