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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1994
Page
1
Joe and Johnathan Mitchell gained recognition for heroic acts on prep football fields and for saving lives during a May apartment fire. Details appear on page 1B.
Paul Polansky, researching his genealogy in the Czech Republic, uncovers documentation of a Gypsy extermination camp during his inquiry. Details appear on page 1B.
HandiMart reports work has begun on a new store on Edgewood Road SW. A second HandiMart on First Avenue NE will be replaced. Details appear on page 4B.
A mesmerizing performance by the T.S. Monk Sextet closed the Fourth of July Jazz Festival in Iowa City. The show Sunday left attendees energized and impressed by the ensemble's tight rhythm and improvisational flair.
Barbara Jean Lamparek of Ely was convicted of child endangerment, fined 500 dollars, given a 180 day suspended jail sentence and two years of probation. Details on page 3B.
Ruben Garza of Marion pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges that he killed his girlfriend and raped her daughter in 1993. Details on page 3B.
Andre Woolridge wasn’t spectacular at the U S Olympic Festival but he proved the Hawkeyes need a driving point guard. Hlas column notes his assertive play and potential to energize Iowa’s backcourt in the upcoming season.
Rhiannon Dudley and Somethin Special dominate regional dressage piling up points this summer. The demanding sport tests discipline for both horse and rider as Youth Plus features in Thursday's Gazette.
North Linn high football coach and teacher Rick Patton, 42, was electrocuted Tuesday when an aluminum ladder touched a 7,200-volt power line during a summer painting project with two fellow coach-teachers in Linn County. One colleague, Robert Mudd Jr., 41, suffered burns but credited rubber boots with saving his life.
Limo driver Allan Park testified he arrived for a 10:45 p.m. pickup and saw a man slip into Simpson’s mansion near 11 p.m. Brian Kaelin said he and Simpson returned about 9:45 p.m. and heard thumps at 10:40 p.m. before seeing Simpson leave in a limousine as prosecutors seek to place Simpson within 75 minutes of the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
The Clinton administration sent four warships and 2000 Marines toward Haiti to deter boat people and prepare for potential evacuations while refugees surged to 3247 with drownings. Haitians deemed eligible for asylum would be processed at sea and could seek safe haven in Panama Dominica or Antigua before return.
More than 60 Iowa sheriff's deputies volunteered to work free as security guards at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. They will work up to a month in July and August, unarmed and with limited powers, in the Olympic village.
Cliff Anderson of Troy Texas adjusts a face board at the Toon Town ride at Hawkeye Downs as the All-Iowa Fair begins Tuesday. The event runs through Sunday with stories and schedules in section 4B.
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