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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1996
Page
2
Kevin Cowherd recalls a Baltimore Sun event where a surprise party for a stressed businessman goes awry when the guest of honor shatters a door pane and bleeds. Guests exchange jokes as the celebration wraps after midnight, with a Cotillion of jokes and self mockery about turning 40.
The Gazette notes an error in a Saturday Chen story. Peter Chen moved to Iowa City from Beijing in 1989 to join his wife Lotus, a visiting professor at the University of Iowa. The newspaper will publish a correction or clarification if a report is found inaccurate. Phone 398-8313.
Verneal Jimerson was freed after murder charges were dropped in a 1985 case tied to 1978 killings of Carol Schmal and Larry Lionberg. Northwestern University journalism project led to reevaluation, aided by new DNA evidence and witness testimony changes. Three co-defendants released on home monitoring while prosecutors review evidence.
The Gazette highlights environmentally friendly printing using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at nearby locations.
In Svalbard Norway polar bears have increased to about 2000 on glaciers while gun wielding visitors rise. Locals note tourists pose greater risk than bears with rifles rented for nine dollars a day and no formal training.
Seattle area police credit Craig Gardner a 25-year-old graduate on his first day with saving a full term baby found in a Tukwila McDonalds garbage can. The infant, weighing 6 to 7 pounds, was in critical condition with a skull fracture and placed in state protective custody as detectives question the 20-year-old mother.
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