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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1997
Page
3
Stewart Butcher survived a 10 mile walk only to be run over by a 15 car coal train returning through a hollow. He was rescued from under the rails and hospitalized in satisfactory condition with head chest and abdominal injuries.
A day after two GOP ethics panel members opposed censure for Speaker Newt Gingrich, ex-chairman of the panel called such preemptive rulings by members unprecedented. Reps Porter Goss and Steve Schiff urged support for Gingrich, saying no reason exists to bar him from serving as speaker.
At the Grand Olympic Auditorium a New Year Eve rave left multiple revelers hospitalized after ingesting a mysterious orange liquid labeled FX. Police seized about 10 000 vials of the substance as LAPD and FDA investigators work to determine its composition amid a riotous crowd and mass disorder.
Two firebombs were thrown at a Tulsa abortion clinic during the New Year holiday. No one was inside, but one bomb broke a window and ignited a small fire while another started a grass fire outside. Smoke detectors alerted firefighters.
Storms began dying down in the Pacific Northwest as heavy snow and rain last week swelled rivers and triggered mud slides. Flood warnings remained in effect for 17 Washington rivers while Seattle set a 54 degree high and nearby towns saw record warmth that could ease lingering danger.
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