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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1994
Page
1
A single car accident in southeast Cedar Rapids sent one man to the hospital and knocked out power to thousands of homes. The incident disrupted power overnight with more details on page 2B.
Gardeners can discover a rich display of Iowa agricultural history at Living History Farms in Urbandale. Details appear on page 1B.
Iowa Democrats will see their leading gubernatorial candidates Campbell and Reichardt face one on one in a televised debate tonight. Page 6B provides details.
Aaron Satarola delivered three hits to back the Kernels in a Sunday victory over Fort Wayne. The win improves the Kernels and adds momentum after recent slumps.
Former Vice President Dan Quayle defended his book against claims of harsh criticism of fellow Republicans. He said the media exaggerates the negative portrayal and that he offered kind words about colleagues, blameing the press for the perceived cynicism on ABC's This Week.
Brian Godwin, a prize winning chef from Winifred, won the Iowa Taste of Elegance and competed in the national Taste of Elegance contest in Chicago as reported by Food Plus in Tuesday's Gazette.
In Marion Ginger and Russ Davis watched their six month old Caleb Davis undergo two operations at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Dr. Douglas Behrendt and Dr. Maureen Martin led the procedures to repair a ventricular septal defect and replace the child’s failing liver in a sequence that began Saturday evening and continued into the early hours of Sunday. Caleb came through the surgeries in critical condition and doctors said the feat marked a first for a baby his size.
Mount Mercy College hosted a Renaissance Faire on Sunday from 11 30 a m to 3 30 p m featuring wandering Shakespearean acts and other performances. The event included a parade led by the University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders under Craig Hazelbaker guiding the king and queen Patrick Weldon and Bonnie Schroeder to coronations. Jeri Mead, a Mount Mercy residence hall assistant, laughs after a patron dumped chocolate pudding pie on her head.
President Clinton announced a policy to screen refugees at sea and named Bill Gray, former House Budget Committee chair and head of the United Negro College Fund, as special adviser on Haiti. Gray replaces Lawrence Pezzullo amid policy disputes about political reconciliation and asylum.
In a Sphinx area dig near Nazlet el Sese, workers uncovered a 231 foot long wall segment and evidence of a harbor system that channeled Nile barges into harbors for each of the three Giza pyramids. Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass calls the find a major shift in understanding pyramid construction.
John Wayne Gacy, 52, faces execution within hours after a 1980 conviction for 33 murders. The case drew national attention as last minute appeals, a media frenzy, and a court process unfolded.
The report recalls John Wayne Gacy’s rapid rise in Waterloo 30 years ago and contrasts Waterloo attacks with his Chicago murders. Gacy, convicted in 1980 of 33 killings in Illinois from 1972 to 1978, used promises, handcuffs, and coercion, though Waterloo victims survived.
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