Slashs profanity shocks no one as ABC reels from awards incident
Bob Greene notes Guns N Roses won two American Music Awards on ABC TV and Slash used a crude excrement term and an obscenity on air. He contrasts past TV standards with today’s multi channel, VCR era and questions why the incident failed to provoke broad outrage while arguing Guns N Roses remains musically top tier but controversial.
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Fatal mobile home fire in Freeport. two children die
Investigators determine a wicker trash basket in a bathroom started the blaze that killed Callie Drievold 13 and Cole Hanson 6 in a Freeport mobile home. Smoke inhalation listed as cause. electric curling iron ruled out.
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Crandall to testify in defense at bank robbery trial
Barton Crandall 25 of Cedar Rapids will testify in his own defense next week in U.S. District Court at Cedar Rapids. The defense argues he did not participate in the April 25 and July 19, 1989 robberies in Newhall and Atkins.
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Central Y in Cedar Rapids Launches Towel Amnesty Week
The downtown Cedar Rapids YMCA asks members to return borrowed towels next week in a one week amnesty with no questions or penalties. Site director Brian Thorne notes the $5,000 yearly cost of towel replacement and directs returns to the front desk towel slot or locker rooms.
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Witnesses detail Terry cash deals in money laundering trial
West Des Moines businesswoman Susan Terry allegedly received cash by mail and deposited amounts just under the 10000 reporting threshold. Witnesses said Dennis Harker repeatedly carried cash to Texas for money orders to Terry, who moved funds through partnerships to buy property. Bank teller Anna Wallace testified about 74000 dollars in cash purchases for money orders. Farm loan officer Evan Skalla described a 70000 dollar cash down payment in 1987.
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New Kids on the Block Rescheduled Concert
The New Kids on the Block show at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City is moved to the first week of July. No exact date announced yet next week. The group performed Thursday in Peoria Illinois but could not reach Iowa City in time for the Thursday concert.
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Art Train Crash Mural Near Kuala Lumpur Draws No Danger
A railway yard wall in Kuala Lumpur features a lifelike mural of a 1960s British diesel engine. The piece, created by Malayan Railways, is an art installation and not a real train accident. The bicyclist in the scene is unharmed.
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