25 Mar 1991
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1991
Page
1
Iowa's third casino riverboat the Dubuque Casino Belle began its journey Sunday moving at about ten mph. The vessel departs on a statewide hype with plans for casino operations along the Mississippi. Details appear on page 8B.
North Carolina advances to its Final Four with coach Dean Smith becoming the first to reach the semifinals in four different decades. Duke also earns its fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance, advancing to the Final Four.
The Cedar Rapids Symphony staged a semistaged production of The Marriage of Figaro on Saturday. The review notes the brilliant and loquacious performance that showcases Figaro’s fickle wit and the ensemble’s lively delivery.
In Boca Raton Florida Martin Scorsese film GoodFellas is up for best picture and best director. The piece notes 282 expletives and 14 bloody death scenes including shootings stabbings and a corpse dig up. Robert Lake and two friends started the Entertain ment Research Report newsletter to warn concerned parents about movie content.
A lighthearted quip debunks the idea that pop music is merely dad-f favored. The joke pivots on social taste and playful generational clash, delivering a quick, humorous bite about music genres.
Rep. Jim Nussle of Iowa, a member of the Banking Committee, rejects emergency and non emergency funding proposals and votes against RTC funding options. He says he will back an appropriation bill when it aligns with the agreed limits and lacks pork. The freshman defends his stance amid claims of the “Congressman No” label.
Gen Schwarzkopf said the United States is close to establishing a permanent military headquarters on Arab soil in the Persian Gulf and that most U S troops will depart once a cease-fire is signed. Logistics units may remain eight to ten months to unload equipment, with no permanent ground forces planned. Kuwait banks reopened as Iraq’s occupation eased. Kuwaitis queued for cash and shopping resumed.
Curtis Maines, a felon under electronic monitoring, woke at 3 a.m. to a computer call reminder. The wrist transmitter and cube device confirmed he was home, avoiding a potential jail return. EM, started in 1983, expanded nationwide with 6500 participants in 1989 and shows low revocation rates.
The National Crime Survey reports 2.3 million Americans were victimized by violent crime last year while total personal and household crimes fell by 1 million to 34.8 million. Most declines were in noncontact larcenies. assaults with injury and contact crimes rose, and rape figures are disputed despite a drop.
Marion police investigate a 12 15 a m blast at the Carnegie Library exterior book return box. Nine windows shattered and debris punched an 8 inch hole in a nearby Pizza Hut roof. No injuries reported. device type unknown and link to Cedar Rapids pipe bombing unclear.
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