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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1992
Page
3
U S Senator Brock Adams withdrew from his re election campaign after a Seattle Times report citing eight unnamed women alleging sexual mistreatment and harassment. The piece, noting drugging and offers of suspicious drinks, stained his bid though Adams denied wrongdoing and vowed to finish his term.
In Simi Valley California four white police officers face trial a year after Rodney King was beaten by LAPD officers. Opening statements expected as juries seated. The 1991 incident sparked national outrage and led to scrutiny of police brutality and Chief Daryl Gates.
Samuel Hull Jr claims he enlisted a bag man in the Philippines 19 years ago to bribe President Marcos and win a nuclear plant contract. Wes tinghouse and Burns Roe face trial this week over bribery allegations with limited jury award set at 17.3 million dollars.
MIT researchers report a choline deficit in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, a disorder tied to membrane breakdown and reduced acetylcholine. The finding, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could guide new drug development.
Two thirds of a stubborn Telegraph Hill apartment block in San Francisco collapsed from a 150 foot cliff after rockslides weakened the foundation from recent storms. Crews wrapped the structure with cables and pulled it down in two blasts. the remaining portion was to be wrecked the next day.
Viterbo College in La Crosse Wisconsin dismissed the 33 member staff of its student newspaper Lumen after it ran biweekly parodies about condoms. President William Medland said the content shocked students faculty staff and administrators and such journalism will not be tolerated. He objected to parody depictions including wearing condoms on heads to ward off the flu.
In Greenville, a NAACP board chair says he played no part in removing several prominent members who backed term limits. The ousters follow a clash with Dr. William Gibson, a 15 year national board member, amid turmoil at the 83rd NAACP meeting in New York.
U2 kicked off its North American tour with a private party for 7,251 fans in Lakeland Florida after rehearsals at the Lakeland Civic Center. Bono declared the show a private party as the band opened with many songs from its latest album.
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