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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1994
Page
5
John Wayne Gacy was put to death by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center after years on death row. Protests outside shouted for justice as prosecutors and victims’ families said his death was too late but deserved. The execution proceeded after Supreme Court declined to intervene.
Administration officials consider higher taxes and spending cuts to recoup 12.5 to 14 billion dollars lost under a new world trade agreement. Proposals include taxing radio and television stations, farm subsidy cuts, hazardous waste taxes on chemicals, inventory taxes on retailers, gambling taxes, and parking-tax shifts. Clinton campaigns for approval, urging passage this year.
The Michigan Court of Appeals reinstated murder charges against Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the October 1991 deaths of Marjorie Wantz and Sherry Miller. The ruling upholds no constitutional right to assist suicide and finds the assisted death ban valid as a single subject.
Iowa parents told Sen. Tom Harkin's disability subcommittee they want more state and federal program flexibility to keep disabled children at home. Sue Swenson highlighted obstacles such as OSHA limits on attendants for Charlie Novak, 11, with multiple disabilities, and the need for home elevators to avoid costly institutional care.
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