Protests planned over film Basic Instinct portrayals
Gay and lesbian groups across the United States plan Friday demonstrations at openings of Basic Instinct, including in Des Moines. Local activists weigh the film’s negative stereotypes of gay characters while organizers clarify the protest aims to raise awareness, not suppress screenings.
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Basic Instinct
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Michael Douglas
Sharon Stone
Brett Beemyn
the Gazette
Carmike Theatre
Marion
Central States
Iowa City-Coralville
Paul Verhoeven
Claire Hueholt
Gay and Lesbian Resource Center
Robert Bray
Bray
National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Washington, D.C
The
Gazette
Hollywood
Hueholt
Suspect in shooting rampage had alcoholism treatment
Peter Rogovich 26 is charged with four counts of first degree murder after a weekend rampage in Phoenix. Police say he killed a store clerk and three residents of a mobile home park including 83 year old Marie Pendergast. Rogovich was being treated for alcoholism and was arrested near the White Tank Mountains.
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Phoenix
Iowa
Peter Rogovich
Madison Street
East Phoenix
Marie Pendergast
West Branch
Davenport
Pat Mehaffey
27Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Mehaffey
Pauline Pendergast
Marie
Leo Speliopoulos
Rogovich
Terkeberhan Manna
Phyllis Mancuso
Pendergast
Rebecca Currian
Michael Wilenchik
White Tank Mountains
Adoption attorney convicted of buying children gets probation
Leslie Thacker, 76, an adoption lawyer who handled over 750 adoptions, was convicted on five felony counts for buying five children from a prison-bound prostitute and collecting legal fees. She received 10 years probation and a $10,000 fine. Co-defendant Adamina DeJesus also convicted and faces potential life imprisonment at May 18 sentencing.
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Houston
Leslie Thacker
Harris County
Lorraine Parker
Charles Hearn
Thacker
Parker
Adamina DeJesus
Older blacks less likely to have bypass surgery
A large 1986 study of 86,463 Medicare bypass patients finds older Black Americans receive heart bypass operations about a fourth as often as whites, even with coverage. Researchers cite poverty, reluctance, and physician prejudice as possible causes, while noting similar heart attack hospitalization rates between races.
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Chicago
Arthur Hartz
The
Medical College of Wisconsin
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hartz
Lawrence Cohn
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston
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