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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1992
Page
3
Three white officers did not use excessive force arresting a black teenager, the Providence Police Department said after reviewing videotapes of the Monday incident outside Mount Pleasant High School. NAACP had urged firing. Mayor Cianci accepted the finding and planned to reinstate the officers.
A mayoral panel led by James St Clair calls for replacing Police Commissioner Francis Roache to restore trust in a department plagued by misconduct and botched probes. The study, requested by Mayor Raymond Flynn, arrives days before his State of the City address.
The American Academy of Pediatrics urges a ban on handguns and assault weapons to reduce gunfire fatalities among ages 1 to 19, citing 1988 figures of over 4 000 youths killed by handguns. Dr. Katherine Kaufer Christoffel leads the policy drive.
A 36 inch water main burst in northwest Washington flooding eight blocks from 21st and M. Officials said 20 million gallons gushed out at up to 5 million gallons per hour for four hours washing basements garages and streets. Emergency crews worked to restore service while police cordoned off the area.
Biologists released two California condors in Fillmore as part of a 25 million dollar effort to save the species. A male named Choqueyens and a female named Xene joined two Andean condors on a cliff platform after a staged enclosure opening. It may take a month for full flight readiness.
A large study from Paterson New Jersey compares a new CPR technique combining chest and abdomen compressions to standard chest compressions. In 135 resuscitation attempts among 103 patients 25 percent survived to hospital discharge with the new method versus 7 percent with standard CPR.
Agriculture Department data show 24.16 million people enrolled in food stamps in October, rising from the prior month and year. The program helps nearly one in ten Americans, with 12.7 million children on free or reduced price school lunches as October totals climb.
U.S. officials describe Fidel Castro's regime as weakening under the loss of Soviet aid. They warn Cuba could become an economic basket case if he stays in power beyond 1992, with a 15 to 25 percent drop last year and further declines expected this year.
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