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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1992
Page
3
In Danbury a 16 year old boy Tyronne Watts surrendered after allegedly shooting DJ Michael Johnson during a bar dispute about a dedication. Johnson was shot in the neck in Marvin's Cafe in front of dozens of patrons. Watts faces a murder charge.
Jeffrey Dahmer pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in the 16th slaying of Steven Hicks, dismembered the body, and received a life term to run consecutively with his existing Wisconsin sentence. Hicks's mother condemned him as a monster.
Deborah Gore Dean, a former HUD aide, pleads not guilty to charges of illegal gratuity and false statement. Independent counsel Arlin Adams says additional charges likely as probe of influence peddling at HUD grows. Trial date set for June 3 with potential second indictment within 60 days.
At O'Hare Airport a 9 year old girl died and 78 people were injured when Martin Horvath's 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 sped onto a sidewalk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration linked the car to a 1989 recall for a throttle sticking concern though GM said the defect would not cause sudden acceleration. Horvath was ticketed for negligent driving and operating an unsafe vehicle.
A gunman armed and camouflaged opened fire at Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst California and took as many as 40 students hostage. At least eight wounded including one critically injured, with victims treated at Rideout Memorial Hospital in Marysville. Deputies and CHP helicopters surrounded the campus as the stand off continued.
Washington reports the United States signals willingness to accept nonbinding targets for reducing air pollutants by 2000 as pre-summit talks on a global treaty proceed ahead of the Earth Summit in Rio. European diplomats urge firmer commitments to cut greenhouse gases, while the U.S. endorses a goal to return carbon dioxide to 1990 levels by 2000.
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